Loc. 200. Lowca Opencast Bores (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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

• 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 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

• 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.
Echinoidea
  - Archaeocidaridae
Archaeocidaris sp. M'Coy 1844 sea urchin
Conodonta
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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
 Lingulida - Obolidae
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
 Goniatitida - Dimorphoceratidae
Dimorphoceras sp. Hyatt 1883 ammonite
 Nautilida -
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Metacoceras sp. Hyatt 1883 nautiloid
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Phestia (Polidevcia) sp." = Polidevcia
"Phestia (Polidevcia) sp." = Polidevcia Tschernyschev 1943 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Obliquipecten sp. Hind 1903 scallop
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
unclassified
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