Tipton (BMNH collection) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (52.5° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 7.8° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)
• Shale over the "Thick Coal"
Environment/lithology: delta plain; shale
• Pennine Basin. The extensional tectonics of the early Carboniferous had been superseded by a phase of thermal subsidence, caused by the cooling of the asthenosphere beneath tectonically thinned lithosphere.
• Specimen is on a piece of dull grey shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: H. Bolton. 1921. A Monograph of the Fossil Insects of the British Coal Measures 1-80 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 167683: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.03.2015
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