Unspecified localities [Little Limestone Mbr, Stainmore Fm] (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.6° N, 3.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 5.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Little Limestone Member (Stainmore Formation), Pendleian (330.9 - 327.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Little Limestone Mbr of the Stainmore Formation, which underlies the Crag Crow Limestone Mbr of the Stainmore Formation. AGE: lower Serpukhovian/Pendleian, on the basis of goniatite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection representative of entire member.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Multiple. REPOSITORY: Likely multiple repositories.

Primary reference: P. J. Brand. 2011. The Serpukhovian and Bashkirian (Carboniferous, Namurian and basal Westphalian) faunas of northern England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 58(3):143-165 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 162352: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for macro fossils, including Porifera, Anthozoa, Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Gastropoda, Rostroconchia, and Nautiloidea. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species resolution identifications.
unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Reticycloceras sp. Gordon 1960
 Oncocerida -
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Tylonautilus sp. Pringle and Jackson 1928 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum armstrongi Thomas 1940 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Sanguinolites costellatus" = Acharax costellata
"Sanguinolites costellatus" = Acharax costellata M'Coy 1844 Awning Clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia unioniformis Phillips 1836 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
 Cardiida -
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima simplex Phillips 1836 file clam
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula squamiformis Phillips 1836
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Tornquistia sp. Paeckelmann 1930
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Productida - Linoproductidae
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Sinuatella sinuata de Koninck 1851
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Diphyphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1845 horn coral