Coseley, near Dudley (Madeley coll) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Staffordshire, United Kingdom (52.6° N, 2.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 5.2° S, 5.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)

• Middle Coal Measures (binds between the "Brooch" and "Thick" coals). Westphalian B, Duckmantian, according to recent papers.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; lithified, nodular, sideritic 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 The extensional tectonics of the early Carboniferous had been superseded by a phase of thermal subsidence, caused by the cooling of the asthenosphere beneath tectonically thinned lithosphere.
• Fossils commonly contained in ironstone nodules

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: R. I. Pocock. 1911. A Monograph of the Terrestrial Carboniferous Arachnida of Great Britain 1-84 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34906: authorized by Dena Smith, entered by April Kinchloe on 14.10.2003, edited by Lindy Edwards and Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Arachnida
 Thelyphonida -
Proschizomus petrunkevitchi n. gen. n. sp.2
Proschizomus petrunkevitchi n. gen. n. sp.2 Dunlop and Horrocks 1996 whip scorpion
BMNH I.7912
 Amblypygi - Weygoldtinidae
"Graeophonus anglicus" = Weygoldtina anglica4
"Graeophonus anglicus" = Weygoldtina anglica4 Pocock 1911 whip spider
BNH I.7892, 7905
 Haptopoda - Plesiosironidae
Plesiosiro madeleyi n. gen. n. sp.
Plesiosiro madeleyi n. gen. n. sp. Pocock 1911
BMNH I. 7922, 7923
 Trigonotarbida - Anthracomartidae
"Cryptomartus priesti" = Anthracomartus priesti4, "Cleptomartus plautus" = Anthracomartus priesti4, "Cleptomartus planus n. sp." = Anthracomartus hindi4
"Cryptomartus priesti" = Anthracomartus priesti4 Pocock 1911
BMNH I.7893
"Cleptomartus plautus" = Anthracomartus priesti4 Pocock 1911
BMNH I. 7915, 7884/7916, 7920
"Cleptomartus planus n. sp." = Anthracomartus hindi4 Pocock 1911
BMNH I.7918
 Trigonotarbida - Trigonotarbidae
Trigonotarbus johnsoni
Trigonotarbus johnsoni Pocock 1911
BMNH I.7895
 Ricinulei - Curculioididae
Curculioides pococki n. sp.5
Curculioides pococki n. sp.5 Selden 1992 hooded tickspider
 Scorpiones -
"Compsoscorpius elegans n. gen. n. sp." = Compsoscorpius buthiformis4
"Compsoscorpius elegans n. gen. n. sp." = Compsoscorpius buthiformis4 Pocock 1911 scorpion
Insecta
 Caloneurodea - Hapalopteridae
Geroneura ovata n. gen. n. sp.1
Geroneura ovata n. gen. n. sp.1 Bolton 1921 winged insect
BMNH Madeley Collection, no. I. 2965
 Megasecoptera - Brodiidae
"Brodia nebulosa n. sp." = Brodia priscotincta3, "Brodia furcata n. sp." = Brodia priscotincta3, "Brodia pictipennis n. sp." = Brodia priscotincta3, "Brodia nympha" = Brodia priscotincta3
"Brodia nebulosa n. sp." = Brodia priscotincta3 Scudder 1881 winged insect
BMNH I.2961
"Brodia furcata n. sp." = Brodia priscotincta3 Scudder 1881 winged insect
British Museum, no. I. 2962 (assumed to be Madeley collection)
"Brodia pictipennis n. sp." = Brodia priscotincta3 Scudder 1881 winged insect
BMNH I.2961 (number from Bolton, 1921)
"Brodia nympha" = Brodia priscotincta3 Scudder 1881 winged insect
BMNH I.2966, 2967, 2968, 2969
 Dicondylia -
Pteronepionites ambigua n. sp.1, Pteronepionites lepus n. sp.1
Pteronepionites ambigua n. sp.1 Bolton 1921 winged insect
BMNH Madeley collection, no. I. 2968
Pteronepionites lepus n. sp.1 Bolton 1921 winged insect
BMNH Madeley Collection, no. I. 2969
1Bolton 1921; 2Dunlop and Horrocks 1996; 3Handlirsch 1919; 4Petrunkevitch 1949; 5Selden 1992