PBDB Collection

Wensleydale, Hardrow Scar Limestone III (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: Hardrow Scar Limestone III Formation (Middle Limestone Group), Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified lime mudstone

• Massive crinoidal limestones and lime mudstones in the lower part, fossils are not common except in an Orthotetid bed. Massive crinoidal limestones with bands of rubbly limestone in the upper part. At the top scattered algal 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 73394: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Saccaminopsis fusulinaformis Saccaminopsis fusulinaformis
Demospongiae
Hadromerida - Suberitidae	Chaetetes septosus Chaetetes septosus demosponge
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae	Lithostrotion irregulare, Lithostrotion pauciradiale, Lithostrotion junceum, Lithostrotion decipiens, Diphyphyllum furcatum, Diphyphyllum lateseptatum Lithostrotion irregulare horn coral Lithostrotion pauciradiale horn coral Lithostrotion junceum Fabre 1955 horn coral Lithostrotion decipiens McCoy 1849 horn coral Diphyphyllum furcatum horn coral Diphyphyllum lateseptatum horn coral
Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae	Lonsdaleia floriformis Lonsdaleia floriformis horn coral subsp. crassiconus and floriformis
Stauriida - Petalaxidae	"Lithostrotion maccoyanum" = Petalaxis maccoyanus "Lithostrotion maccoyanum" = Petalaxis maccoyanus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
Stauriida - Cyathopsidae	Caninia benburbensis Caninia benburbensis horn coral
Stauriida - Aulophyllidae	Aulophyllum fungites, Dibunophyllum bipartitum Aulophyllum fungites horn coral Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral subsp. bipartitum
Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae	Palaeosmilia regia, Palaeosmilia stutchburyi, Koninckophyllum magnificum Palaeosmilia regia horn coral Palaeosmilia stutchburyi horn coral Koninckophyllum magnificum Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral
Auloporida - Syringoporidae	Syringopora sp. Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
Favositida - Micheliniidae	Michelinia sp. Michelinia sp. de Koninck 1841 tabulate coral
Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae	"Dielasma hastatum" = Dielasma virgoides "Dielasma hastatum" = Dielasma virgoides M'Coy 1844
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Cleiothyridina roissyi Cleiothyridina roissyi
Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae	Brachythyris cf. sulcata Brachythyris cf. sulcata
Spiriferida - Spiriferidae	Spirifer cf. duplicicostus, Spirifer insculptos Spirifer cf. duplicicostus Spirifer insculptos
Orthida - Rhipidomellidae	Rhipidomella michelini Rhipidomella michelini L'Eveille 1835
Strophomenata
Orthotetida - Pulsiidae	"Schellwienella" sp. "Schellwienella" sp.
Strophomenida - Chonetidae	Chonetes zimmermanni Chonetes zimmermanni
Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae	"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga "Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
Productida - Monticuliferidae	cf. Striatifera striata, Gigantoproductus dentifer, Gigantoproductus cf. edelburgensis, Gigantoproductus gigantoides, Gigantoproductus latissimus cf. Striatifera striata Gigantoproductus dentifer Gigantoproductus cf. edelburgensis Gigantoproductus gigantoides var. equalicostus and regularis Gigantoproductus latissimus
Productida - Linoproductidae	"Linoproductus undatus" = Fluctuaria undata "Linoproductus undatus" = Fluctuaria undata Defrance 1826
Productida - Productidae	Dictyoclostus cf. antiquatus, Dictyoclostus pugilis Dictyoclostus cf. antiquatus Dictyoclostus pugilis
Productida - Productellidae	Productus furcatus, Productus cf. concinnus, Productus productus, Eomarginifera tissingtonensis Productus furcatus Productus cf. concinnus Sowerby 1823 Productus productus Martin 1809 Eomarginifera tissingtonensis forma cambriensis
Foraminifera
Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae	Ammodiscus incertus Ammodiscus incertus d'Orbigny 1839
Endothyroidea - Endothyridae	Orobias ornata, Orobias ammonoides, Endothyra bowmani Orobias ornata Orobias ammonoides Endothyra bowmani Phillips 1846
Tetrataxoidea - Valvulinellidae	Valvulinella youngi Valvulinella youngi var. contraria
Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae	Tetrataxis decurrens, Tetrataxis palaeotrochus Tetrataxis decurrens Tetrataxis palaeotrochus
Archaediscacea - Archaediscidae	Archaediscus karreri Archaediscus karreri