Dovedale (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.1° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 9.4° S, 0.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Milldale Limestone Formation, Chadian (345.3 - 345.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, gray lime mudstone

• consists predominantly of grey to pale-grey calcarenitic limestones...in much of the southwest...the limestones were deposited in deeper-water off-shelf environment and include large micritic mounds of chadian waulsortian type and asbian reef.

Primary reference: J. W. Tilsley. 1988. New data on Carboniferous (Dinantian) trilobites from the Peak District, Derbyshire, England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 47:163-176 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5961: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 06.01.2000, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• Non-trilobites (aside from cephalopods) were not identified but listed as occurences. R = rare (< 5), P = present (5-20), C = common (> 20).
Cephalopoda
 Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Merocanites applanatus4 Frech 1899 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Maxigoniatitidae
Bollandoceras hodderense4 Bisat 1924 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Nomismoceratidae
Nomismoceras germanicum4 Schmidt 1925 ammonite
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Turbonellina lepida2 de Koninck 1843 snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
"Zygopleura rugifera" = Nodozyga rugifera3
"Zygopleura rugifera" = Nodozyga rugifera3 Phillips 1836 snail
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
Pleurorhynchus longipennis n. sp.1 Brown 1843
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Phillipsia gemmulifera Phillips 1836 trilobite
Bollandia columba Tilsley 1988 trilobite
Bollandia rugiceps Tilsley 1988 trilobite
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily