Unspecified localities [Thornbrough 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: Thornbrough Limestone Member (Stainmore Formation), Arnsbergian (327.0 - 323.7 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Thornbrough Limestone of the Stainmore Formation, which underlies the Newton Limestone and overlies the Corbridge 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 162361: 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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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Siphonodendron sp. McCoy 1849 horn coral
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetes sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1829 demosponge
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Retispira decussata" = Retispira elegans
"Retispira decussata" = Retispira elegans de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Euphemites ardenensis" = Euphemus urei ardenensis
"Euphemites ardenensis" = Euphemus urei ardenensis Weir 1931 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum armstrongi Thomas 1940 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria thompsoni" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"Leiopteria thompsoni" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima simplex Phillips 1836 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten sp. Winchell 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Euchondriidae
Euchondria sp. Meek 1874 scallop
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
 Cardiida -
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia unioniformis Phillips 1836 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis cf. croneisi Schenck 1939 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Cephalopoda
 Oncocerida -
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Sinuatella sinuata de Koninck 1851
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Productidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Tornquistia sp. Paeckelmann 1930
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
"Derbya gigantea" = Derbyia
"Derbya gigantea" = Derbyia