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
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 | |
"Compsoscorpius elegans" = Compsoscorpius buthiformis
"Compsoscorpius elegans" = Compsoscorpius buthiformis Pocock 1911 scorpion BELUM K14552, 14553, 14562, 14573
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