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