Wensleydale, Simonstone Limestone IVa (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: Simonstone Limestone IVa 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

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 73401: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Archaediscacea - Archaediscidae
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral
subsp. bipartitum
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion decipiens McCoy 1849 horn coral
Lithostrotion junceum Fabre 1955 horn coral
Orionastraea garwoodi horn coral
subsp. pristina
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparollus cf. catillus" = Euomphalus catillus
"Straparollus cf. catillus" = Euomphalus catillus Martin 1793 snail
Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Actinoconchus lamellosus" = Athyris lamellosa
"Actinoconchus lamellosus" = Athyris lamellosa Léveillé 1835
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae