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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Endothyra bowmani Phillips 1846 | |
Anthozoa | |
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral | |
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Diphyphyllum cf. lateseptatum, Lithostrotion pauciradiale, Lithostrotion decipiens, Lithostrotion junceum, Orionastraea garwoodi
Diphyphyllum cf. lateseptatum horn coral
Lithostrotion pauciradiale horn coral
Lithostrotion decipiens McCoy 1849 horn coral
Lithostrotion junceum Fabre 1955 horn coral | |
Gastropoda | |
"Straparollus cf. catillus" = Euomphalus catillus
"Straparollus cf. catillus" = Euomphalus catillus Martin 1793 snail | |
Strophomenata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Actinoconchus lamellosus" = Athyris lamellosa
"Actinoconchus lamellosus" = Athyris lamellosa Léveillé 1835 | |