Wensleydale, Middle Limestone V (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: Middle Limestone V Formation (Middle Limestone Group), Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified shale

• Coral limestone at the base. Massive limestones separated by shales. Sponge Bed. At the top 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 73420: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Saccaminopsis fusulinaformis, Erythrospongia lithodes
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp.
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Orionastraea garwoodi, Lithostrotion pauciradiale, Lithostrotion decipiens, Lithostrotion junceum, Diphyphyllum lateseptatum, Diphyphyllum fasciculatum
Lithostrotion decipiens McCoy 1849 horn coral
var. vesiculifera
Lithostrotion junceum Fabre 1955 horn coral
Diphyphyllum fasciculatum Fleming 1828 horn coral
 Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Caninophyllum archaici
Caninophyllum archaici horn coral
var. halkynense
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Dibunophyllum bipartitum, Aulophyllum fungites
Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral
subsp. bipartitum
 Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Koninckophyllum cf. echinatum, Palaeosmilia murchisoni
Palaeosmilia murchisoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 horn coral
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetes septosus
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris cf. sulcata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer cf. grandicostatus
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
"Spirifer cf. bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus
"Spirifer cf. bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria resupinata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella cf. michelini
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Dielasma hastatum" = Dielasma virgoides
"Dielasma hastatum" = Dielasma virgoides M'Coy 1844
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia pleurodon
Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Sinuatella sinuata
Sinuatella sinuata de Koninck 1851
 Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostus cf. antiquatus, Dictyoclostus pugilis, Dictyoclostus scoticus
 Productida - Productellidae
Avonia youngiana, Productus productus, Eomarginifera setosa, "Eomarginifera longispina" = Eomarginifera longispinus
Productus productus Martin 1809
"Eomarginifera longispina" = Eomarginifera longispinus Sowerby 1814
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus sp.
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Gigantoproductus latissimus, Gigantoproductus giganteus
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Etheridgina complectens
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes zimmermanni
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Schellwienella cf. rotundata
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Actinopteria persulcata
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
cf. Cardiomorpha parva
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sulcata
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Koninckioceratidae
Lophoceras pentagonum
Lophoceras pentagonum Sowerby 1819 nautiloid
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
cf. Nodosaria radicula
cf. Nodosaria radicula Linnaeus 1767
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscus incertus
Ammodiscus incertus d'Orbigny 1839
 Archaediscacea - Archaediscidae
Archaediscus karreri
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Orobias ornata, Endothyra bowmani
Endothyra bowmani Phillips 1846
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis decurrens