Wensleydale, Simonstone Limestone IV Cyclothem (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.3° N, 2.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 21.9° S, 4.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Simonstone Limestone IV Cyclothem Formation (Middle Limestone Group), Brigantian (335.9 - 330.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified shale and lithified siltstone

• shale and siltstones grading upwards into thin flags of sandstones

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 73400: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Linoproductus undatus" = Fluctuaria undata
"Linoproductus undatus" = Fluctuaria undata Defrance 1826
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Productidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella lyelliana De Koninck 1851
Rhipidomella michelini L'Eveille 1835
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
"Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus
"Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites urei Fleming 1828 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparollus catillus" = Euomphalus catillus
"Straparollus catillus" = Euomphalus catillus Martin 1793 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda stilla" = Nuculana
"Leda stilla" = Nuculana pointed nut clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Anthozoa
 Heterocorallia - Heterophylliidae
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
"Triplophyllites curvilinea" = Amplexizaphrentis
"Triplophyllites curvilinea" = Amplexizaphrentis horn coral
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Diphyphyllum fasciculatum Fleming 1828 horn coral
Lithostrotion junceum Fabre 1955 horn coral