Ledoux pit, 9-Paumes vein, Anzin (Carboniferous of France)

Where: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50.5° N, 3.6° E: paleocoordinates 2.2° S, 11.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)

• Top of Faisceau de Modeste

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale

• Variscan foreland basin
• "In a shale filled with Neuropteris pseudogigantea"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Musee Houiller de l'Universite 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 155425: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Trigonotarbida - Anthracomartidae
Anthracomartus sp., "Maiocercus orbicularis" = Maiocercus celticus
Anthracomartus sp. Karsch 1882
MGL 1862
"Maiocercus orbicularis" = Maiocercus celticus Pocock 1902
MGL 1864
Myriapoda
 Arthropleurida - Arthropleuridae
Arthropleura armata Jordan 1854 millipede
MGL 1878