Where: Yorkshire, United Kingdom (53.8° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 8.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)
• Carbonaceous shales occurring as seam splits and roof shales in sequences of thin coals at three horizons (beds 13, 18, and 20F of Scott (1978, 1984)); low Westphalian B
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, carbonaceous shale
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 153601: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Arachnida | |
Gymnoscorpius mutillidigitus, "Compsoscorpius elegans" = Compsoscorpius buthiformis
"Compsoscorpius elegans" = Compsoscorpius buthiformis Pocock 1911 scorpion |