Writhlington Geological Nature Reserve (NHMUK collection) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Somerset, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 2.4° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° S, 9.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Farrington Formation, Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)

• Upper Westphalian D: Dicksonites plueckenetii Subzone; Thomas & Cleal, 1994), probably from above the No. 10 Coal Seam

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified shale

• Deposited on an upper delta floodplain (Assemblage 4 of Proctor, 1994).

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: J. Prokop, M. Pecharová, E. A. Jarzembowski and A. J. Ross. 2018. New palaeodictyopterans from the Late Carboniferous of the UK (Insecta: Palaeodictyopterida). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 107:99-107 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192011: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.03.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Palaeodictyoptera - Breyeriidae
Vernooijia sassoonae n. gen. n. sp.
Vernooijia sassoonae n. gen. n. sp. Prokop et al. 2018 winged insect
NHMUK II.3092