Longton, Staffordshire (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Longton Hall Colliery

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.0° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 7.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Coal Measures Group, Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. P. Barkas. 1873. Illustrated Guide to the Fish, Amphibian, Reptilian and Supposed Mammalian Remains of the northumberland Carboniferous Strata. 117 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176262: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 04.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Baphetoidea - Baphetidae
"Orthosaurus pachycephalus" = Megalocephalus pachycephalus
"Orthosaurus pachycephalus" = Megalocephalus pachycephalus Barkas 1873 tetrapod
NHMUK R.2370 (skull fragment)
Amphibia
 Nectridea - Diplocaulidae
Keraterpeton longtoni n. sp. Carroll et al. 1998 tetrapod
BMNH R.2395 (Holotype: an imperfect skull and skeleton preserved in dorsal aspect)