PBDB Collection

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified, sandy limestone

• fine-grained limestone with rare crinoid remains, sandy limestone patches, and a belt of calcite mudstone

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 73396: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Myalinida - Myalinidae	Myalina cf. redesdalensis Myalina cf. redesdalensis clam
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	Parallelodon cf. squamosus Parallelodon cf. squamosus clam
Rhynchonellata
Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae	Camarotoechia pleurodon Camarotoechia pleurodon
Spiriferida - Choristitidae	"Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus "Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
Strophomenata
Orthotetida - Pulsiidae	Schellwienella cf. crenistria Schellwienella cf. crenistria McIntosh 1974
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae	Lithostrotion irregulare, Lithostrotion pauciradiale, Lithostrotion decipiens Lithostrotion irregulare horn coral Lithostrotion pauciradiale horn coral Lithostrotion decipiens McCoy 1849 horn coral
Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae	Lonsdaleia floriformis Lonsdaleia floriformis horn coral subsp. crassiconus
Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae	Palaeosmilia regia Palaeosmilia regia horn coral
Auloporida - Syringoporidae	Syringopora sp. Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
Demospongiae
Hadromerida - Suberitidae	Chaetetes septosus Chaetetes septosus demosponge
Foraminifera
Endothyroidea - Endothyridae	Endothyra bowmani, Orobias ornata, Orobias ammonoides Endothyra bowmani Phillips 1846 Orobias ornata Orobias ammonoides
Archaediscacea - Archaediscidae	Archaediscus karreri Archaediscus karreri
Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae	Tetrataxis decurrens Tetrataxis decurrens