Where: United Kingdom (51.3° N, 2.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 9.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: tenuis other zone, Farrington Formation, Westphalian D (311.4 - 306.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by H. Bailey, R. Aldous; reposited in the BMNH
• Counterpart in the Department of Geology, University of Sheffield
Primary reference: T. Ambrose and M. Romano. 1972. New upper Carboniferous Chelicerata (Arthropoda) from Somerset, England. Palaeontology 15:569-578 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 162731: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.10.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Xiphosura | |
"Euproops kilmersdonensis n. sp." = Euproops danae
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Arachnida | |
"Eophrynus jugatus n. sp." = Pleophrynus verrucosus
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