Where: England, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 7.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Subcrenatum Marine Band Member (South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation), Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)
• Langsettian. Given as Lower Coal Measures. Referred to elsewhere as Ashton Vale Marine Band, Subcrenatum Marine Band
Environment/lithology: delta plain; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: J. Weir. 1931. The British and Belgian Carboniferous Bellerophontidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 56(31):767-861 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184597: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.03.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Bellerophon bristolensis n. sp., "Bucaniopsis undatus" = Retispira undata, "Bucaniopsis boltoni n. sp." = Retispira boltoni
Bellerophon bristolensis n. sp. Weir 1931 snail
"Bucaniopsis undatus" = Retispira undata Etheridge 1876 snail
"Bucaniopsis boltoni n. sp." = Retispira boltoni Weir 1931 snail |