Wensleydale, Gayle Shale (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.3° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 3.5° S, 3.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gayle Shale Formation (Middle Limestone Group), Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, calcareous shale and lithified limestone

• fossiliferous calcareous shales with thin courses of blue limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Moore. 1958. The Yoredale Series of Upper Wensleydale and adjacent parts of North-West Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 31(2):91-148 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73391: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Saccaminopsis fusulinaformis
Foraminifera
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Endothyra bowmani
Endothyra bowmani Phillips 1846
 Archaediscacea - Archaediscidae
Archaediscus karreri
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium inflatum
Gastropoda
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
"Zygopleura rugifera" = Nodozyga rugifera
"Zygopleura rugifera" = Nodozyga rugifera Phillips 1836 snail
var. subplanata
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites urei
Euphemites urei Fleming 1828 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum cf. atomarium
Glabrocingulum cf. atomarium Phillips 1836 snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sulcata
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten cf. murchisoni, Aviculopecten cf. tabulatus
 Pectinida - Limatulinidae
Limatulina scotica
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna flabelliformis
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria persulcata
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris laminosa
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
Fusella triangularis
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina roissyi, "Actinoconchus lamellosus" = Athyris lamellosa, Actinoconchus planosulcatus, Composita cf. ambigua
"Actinoconchus lamellosus" = Athyris lamellosa Léveillé 1835
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia radialis
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella michelini
Rhipidomella michelini L'Eveille 1835
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes hardrensis, Chonetes mosensis
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Plicochonetes buchiana
 Productida - Productellidae
Overtonia fimbriata, Eomarginifera lobata
Overtonia fimbriata Sowerby 1824
 Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostus antiquatus, Dictyoclostus sulcatus, Buxtonia scabricula
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Gigantoproductus cf. latissimus, Gigantoproductus cf. giganteus
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
Fasciculophyllum thomsoni, Rotiphyllum charlestonense, Rotiphyllum granulate
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion pauciradiale, Lithostrotion junceum, Diphyphyllum lateseptatum
Lithostrotion junceum Fabre 1955 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae
Lonsdaleia floriformis
Lonsdaleia floriformis horn coral
subsp. floriformis
 Stauriida - Acrocyathidae
"Lithostrotion cf. proliferum" = Acrocyathus proliferus
"Lithostrotion cf. proliferum" = Acrocyathus proliferus Hall in Hall and Whitney 1858 horn coral
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Dibunophyllum bipartitum, Aulophyllum fungites, Clisiophyllum keyserlingi
Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral
subsp. bipartitum
Clisiophyllum keyserlingi McCoy 1849 horn coral
 Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Koninckophyllum magnificum
Koninckophyllum magnificum Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral
 Heterocorallia - Heterophylliidae
Heterophyllia granulata
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia sp.
Michelinia sp. de Koninck 1841 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp.
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetes septosus