Where: Lancashire, United Kingdom (53.5° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° N, 7.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Blenfire Seam Formation, Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)

• Bituminous coal from the Bienfire Seam; high Westphalian A

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified coal

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: chemical, peroxide, sieve

• Repository: Ulster Museum (BELUM)

Primary reference: A. J. Jeram. 1994. Carboniferous Orthosterni and their relationships to living scorpions. Palaeontology 37:513-550 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153597: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.12.2013

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