Dechy pit, Saint-Nicolas vein, Aniche mines (Carboniferous of France)

Where: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50.4° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 2.1° S, 11.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)

• Equivalent to a position near the base of the Middle Coal Measures

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, micaceous, gray shale

• Variscan foreland basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by P. Bertrand

• Repository: Musée Houiller de Lille

Primary reference: P. Pruvost. 1919. Introduction à l'Étude du Terrain Houiller du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais: la Faune Continentale du Terrain Houiller du Nord de la France 1-584 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155423: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Myriapoda
 Arthropleurida - Arthropleuridae
Arthropleura mammata Salter 1863 millipede
MGL 1880