Wistow Mine (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Yorkshire, United Kingdom (53.8° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° N, 8.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Barnsley Seam Formation, Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)

• Bituminous coal from the Barnsley seam; low Westphalian B.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; lithified coal

• "forested flood-basin environments"

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 153604: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.12.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Scorpiones -
"Compsoscorpius elegans" = Compsoscorpius buthiformis
"Compsoscorpius elegans" = Compsoscorpius buthiformis Pocock 1911 scorpion
BELUM K14552, 14553, 14562, 14573