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 (311.4 - 306.9 Ma)
• Upper Westphalian D: Dicksonites plueckenetii Subzone; Thomas & Cleal, 1994), probably from above the No. 10 Coal Seam
Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Manchester Museum
Primary reference: L. I. Anderson. 1994. Xiphosurans from the Westphalian D of the Radstock Basin, Somerset Coalfield, the South Wales Coalfield and Mazon Creek, Illinois. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 105:265-275 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 216068: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.12.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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