Where: England, United Kingdom (55.0° N, 1.8° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 6.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Newton Member (Stainmore Formation), Arnsbergian (327.0 - 323.7 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Newton Limestone of the Stainmore Formation, which underlies the Styford Limestone and overlies the Thornbrough Limestone Mbr of the Stainmore Formation. AGE: lower Bashkirian/Arnsbergian, 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 162360: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Strophomenata | |
Sinuatella sinuata de Koninck 1851 | |
Linoproductus sp. Chao 1927 | |
"Derbya gigantea" = Derbyia
"Derbya gigantea" = Derbyia | |
"Meekella leei" = Orthothetina leei
"Meekella leei" = Orthothetina leei Thomas 1910 | |
Tornquistia sp. Paeckelmann 1930 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Stenolaemata | |
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Tylonautilus nodiferus nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Retispira undata Etheridge 1876 snail | |
"Euphemites ardenensis" = Euphemus urei ardenensis
"Euphemites ardenensis" = Euphemus urei ardenensis Weir 1931 snail | |
Glabrocingulum armstrongi Thomas 1940 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculopsis gibbosa nut clam | |
Myalina mitchelli clam | |
Palaeolima simplex Phillips 1836 file clam | |
Euchondria sp. Meek 1874 scallop | |
Pernopecten sp. Winchell 1865 scallop | |
Posidonia corrugata oyster | |
"Leiopteria thompsoni" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"Leiopteria thompsoni" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster | |
Wilkingia elliptica clam | |
Edmondia sulcata clam
Edmondia unioniformis Phillips 1836 clam | |
Schizodus portlocki clam
Schizodus taiti clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Aulophyllum fungites horn coral | |
Aulina sp. Smith 1917 horn coral
Siphonodendron sp. McCoy 1849 horn coral |