Preesgweene colliery, Weston Rhyn (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Shropshire, United Kingdom (52.9° N, 3.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.3° S, 7.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian B (314.6 - 314.6 Ma)

• Coal Measures, Upper Anthraconaia modiolaris Zone, probably near the Main Coal of North Wales coalfield

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the BGS

Primary reference: L. J. Wills. 1959. The external anatomy of some Carboniferous "scorpions" part 1. Palaeontology 1:261-282 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153559: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.12.2013

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Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Scorpiones - Pareobuthidae
Pareobuthus salopiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Pareobuthus salopiensis n. gen. n. sp. Wills 1959 scorpion
GSM 87231 (Eobuthus sp. in Wills, 1925)