Where: England, United Kingdom (54.6° N, 3.6° W: paleocoordinates 1.9° N, 7.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gastrioceras subcrenatum ammonoid zone, Subcrenatum Marine Band Member (Stainmore Formation), Westphalian (318.7 - 307.5 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Subcrenatum (Quarterburn) Marine Band of the Stainmore Formation, which overlies the Cancelloceras cumbriense Marine Band of the Stainmore Formation. AGE: Westphalian, on the basis of goniatite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection representative of entire member.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
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 162355: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.09.2014, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Archaeocidaris sp. M'Coy 1844 sea urchin | |
Conodonta | |
Conodonta indet. conodont | |
Lingulata | |
Orbiculoidea cincta Portlock 1843 | |
Strophomenata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Schizophoria resupinata Martin 1809 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Gastrioceras subcrenatum ammonite | |
Dimorphoceras sp. Hyatt 1883 ammonite | |
Pseudocatastroboceras sp. nautiloid | |
Metacoceras sp. Hyatt 1883 nautiloid | |
Bivalvia | |
Palaeoneilo sinuosa clam | |
"Phestia (Polidevcia) sp." = Polidevcia
"Phestia (Polidevcia) sp." = Polidevcia Tschernyschev 1943 clam | |
Nuculopsis gibbosa nut clam | |
Obliquipecten sp. Hind 1903 scallop
Aviculopecten losseni scallop | |
Posidonia gibsoni oyster | |
Caneyella multirugata oyster | |
unclassified | |
Porifera "Sponge spicules" Grant 1836 |