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

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

• 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 162360: 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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Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Sinuatella sinuata de Koninck 1851
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Linoproductidae
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
"Derbya gigantea" = Derbyia
"Derbya gigantea" = Derbyia
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
"Meekella leei" = Orthothetina leei
"Meekella leei" = Orthothetina leei Thomas 1910
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Tornquistia sp. Paeckelmann 1930
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Retispira undata Etheridge 1876 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Euphemites ardenensis" = Euphemus urei ardenensis
"Euphemites ardenensis" = Euphemus urei ardenensis Weir 1931 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum armstrongi Thomas 1940 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima simplex Phillips 1836 file clam
 Pectinida - Euchondriidae
Euchondria sp. Meek 1874 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten sp. Winchell 1865 scallop
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria thompsoni" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"Leiopteria thompsoni" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
 Cardiida -
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia unioniformis Phillips 1836 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Aulina sp. Smith 1917 horn coral
Siphonodendron sp. McCoy 1849 horn coral