PBDB Collection

Wensleydale, Gayle Limestone (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 Limestone II Formation (Middle Limestone Group), Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)

• Lonsdaleia Beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• Wavy-bedded, richly fossiliferous limestones with irregular shale partings in the lower part. Massively bedded, blue-grey crinoid-debris limestones in the upper part. At the top locally crinoid mounds, 30 feet in height and a 100 yards or more in length.

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 73392: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.06.2007

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unclassified
-	Saccaminopsis fusulinaformis Saccaminopsis fusulinaformis
Strophomenata
Productida - Productidae	Buxtonia scabricula, Dictyoclostus antiquatus, Dictyoclostus hindi, Dictyoclostus insculptus, Dictyoclostus pinguis, Dictyoclostus pugilis, Dictyoclostus sulcatus, Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Buxtonia scabricula Dictyoclostus antiquatus Dictyoclostus hindi Dictyoclostus insculptus Dictyoclostus pinguis Dictyoclostus pugilis Dictyoclostus sulcatus Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Martin 1809
Productida - Productellidae	Krotovia granulosa, "Krotovia" nystiana, Krotovia spinulosa, Avonia youngiana, Eomarginifera lobata, Eomarginifera minuta, Eomarginifera setosa, Eomarginifera triquetra Krotovia granulosa "Krotovia" nystiana Krotovia spinulosa Sowerby 1814 Avonia youngiana Eomarginifera lobata Eomarginifera minuta Eomarginifera setosa Eomarginifera triquetra
Productida - Echinoconchidae	Echinoconchus punctatus, Echinoconchus elegans Echinoconchus punctatus Martin 1809 Echinoconchus elegans Norwood and Pratten 1855
Productida - Monticuliferidae	Gigantoproductus cf. striatosulcatus, Gigantoproductus cf. giganteus Gigantoproductus cf. striatosulcatus Gigantoproductus cf. giganteus Sowerby 1822
Orthotetida - Pulsiidae	Schellwienella (Carlopsino) radialiformis Schellwienella (Carlopsino) radialiformis
Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae	"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga "Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
Rhynchonellata
Spiriferida - Choristitidae	"Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus "Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae	Brachythyris sulcata Brachythyris sulcata
Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae	Fusella triangularis Fusella triangularis
Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae	Camarotoechia pleurodon Camarotoechia pleurodon
Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae	"Dielasma hastatum" = Dielasma virgoides "Dielasma hastatum" = Dielasma virgoides M'Coy 1844
Orthida - Schizophoriidae	Schizophoria cf. resupinata Schizophoria cf. resupinata Martin 1809
Orthida - Rhipidomellidae	Rhipidomella michelini Rhipidomella michelini L'Eveille 1835
Gastropoda
Neritoina - Delphinulopsidae	""Natica" ampliata" = Marmolatella ampliata ""Natica" ampliata" = Marmolatella ampliata Phillips 1836 snail
Euomphalina - Euomphalidae	"Straparollus catillus" = Euomphalus catillus "Straparollus catillus" = Euomphalus catillus Martin 1793 snail
Bivalvia
Ostreida - Pinnidae	Pinna flabelliformis Pinna flabelliformis oyster
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Aulophyllidae	Dibunophyllum bipartitum, Aulophyllum fungites Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral subsp. bipartitum Aulophyllum fungites horn coral
Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae	Koninckophyllum cf. echinatum, Koninckophyllum magnificum Koninckophyllum cf. echinatum horn coral Koninckophyllum magnificum Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral
Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae	Allotropiophyllum tuberculatum, "Triplophyllites cf. bicentrica" = Amplexizaphrentis Allotropiophyllum tuberculatum horn coral "Triplophyllites cf. bicentrica" = Amplexizaphrentis horn coral
Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae	Diphyphyllum lateseptatum, Lithostrotion irregulare, Lithostrotion pauciradiale, Lithostrotion decipiens, Lithostrotion junceum Diphyphyllum lateseptatum horn coral Lithostrotion irregulare horn coral Lithostrotion pauciradiale horn coral Lithostrotion decipiens McCoy 1849 horn coral Lithostrotion junceum Fabre 1955 horn coral
Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae	Lonsdaleia floriformis, Carcinophyllum cf. lonsdaleiforme Lonsdaleia floriformis horn coral subsp. floriformis Carcinophyllum cf. lonsdaleiforme horn coral
Stauriida - Cyathopsidae	Caninia cf. juddi, Caninia slimoniana, Caninia cornucopiae Caninia cf. juddi horn coral Caninia slimoniana horn coral Caninia cornucopiae Michelin 1840 horn coral
Favositida - Micheliniidae	Michelinia sp. Michelinia sp. de Koninck 1841 tabulate coral
Auloporida - Syringoporidae	Syringopora sp. Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
Foraminifera
Archaediscacea - Archaediscidae	Archaediscus karreri Archaediscus karreri
Endothyroidea - Endothyridae	Endothyra bowmani, Orobias ornata Endothyra bowmani Phillips 1846 Orobias ornata