PBDB Collection

Wensleydale, Five Yard Limestone VI (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: Five Yard Limestone VI Formation (Middle Limestone Group), Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified, calcareous shale

• coarse crinoidal limestones, fine-grained limestones with abundant corals and brachiopods, thin calcareous shale and calcareous sandstone beds, in the upper part a Lithostrotion junceum patch reef (1 yard thick, 10 yards by 7 yards)

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 73424: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae	Ammodiscus anceps Ammodiscus anceps Brady 1876
Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae	Tetrataxis decurrens Tetrataxis decurrens
Archaediscacea - Archaediscidae	Archaediscus karreri Archaediscus karreri
Endothyroidea - Endothyridae	Orobias ornata, Orobias ammonoides, Endothyra bowmani Orobias ornata Orobias ammonoides Endothyra bowmani Phillips 1846
Trilobita
Proetida - Phillipsiidae	Weberides mucronatus Weberides mucronatus McCoy 1844 trilobite
Gastropoda
Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae	"Zygopleura rugifera" = Nodozyga rugifera "Zygopleura rugifera" = Nodozyga rugifera Phillips 1836 snail
Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae	"Hypergonia gracilis" = Stegocoelia longissima "Hypergonia gracilis" = Stegocoelia longissima Whidborne 1896 snail
Bivalvia
Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae	Aviculopecten clathratus Aviculopecten clathratus scallop
Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae	Pterinopecten dumontianus Pterinopecten dumontianus scallop
Pectinida - Streblochondriidae	"Pseudamusium anisotum" = Streblochondria anisota "Pseudamusium anisotum" = Streblochondria anisota Phillips 1836 scallop
Pectinida - Euchondriidae	? Crenipecten semicircularis ? Crenipecten semicircularis scallop
Ostreida - Pterineidae	"Leiopteria thomsoni" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) "Leiopteria thomsoni" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster
Myalinida - Myalinidae	Posidoniella cf. minor Posidoniella cf. minor clam
Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae	Edmondia cf. maccoyi Edmondia cf. maccoyi clam
Stenolaemata
Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae	Rhabdomeson gracile Rhabdomeson gracile
Strophomenata
Productida - Monticuliferidae	Gigantoproductus latissimus, Gigantoproductus striatosulcatus Gigantoproductus latissimus var. priscus Gigantoproductus striatosulcatus
Productida - Linoproductidae	"Linoproductus undatus" = Fluctuaria undata "Linoproductus undatus" = Fluctuaria undata Defrance 1826
Productida - Echinoconchidae	Echinoconchus punctatus Echinoconchus punctatus Martin 1809
Productida - Productellidae	Eomarginifera lobata, Eomarginifera setosa, Overtonia cf. fimbriata, cf. Productina pectinoides Eomarginifera lobata Eomarginifera setosa Overtonia cf. fimbriata Sowerby 1824 cf. Productina pectinoides
Productida - Productidae	Buxtonia cf. scabricula, Dictyoclostus cf. antiquatus, Dictyoclostus cf. semireticulatus Buxtonia cf. scabricula Dictyoclostus cf. antiquatus Dictyoclostus cf. semireticulatus Martin 1809
Strophomenida - Chonetidae	Chonetes laguessianus, Chonetes cf. mosensis Chonetes laguessianus Chonetes cf. mosensis
Rhynchonellata
Spiriferida - Elythidae	Phricodothyris lineata Phricodothyris lineata
Spiriferida - Reticulariidae	Reticularia cf. mesoloba Reticularia cf. mesoloba
Spiriferida - Choristitidae	"Spirifer cf. bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus "Spirifer cf. bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
Spiriferida - Spiriferidae	Spirifer calcaratus Spirifer calcaratus
Spiriferida - Martiniidae	Martinia aff. decora Martinia aff. decora Phillips 1836
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Cleiothyridina roissyi Cleiothyridina roissyi
Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae	Camarophoria crumena Camarophoria crumena Martin 1809
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Aulophyllidae	Dibunophyllum bipartitum, Aulophyllum fungites, Clisiophyllum keyserlingi Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral subsp. bipartitum Aulophyllum fungites horn coral Clisiophyllum keyserlingi McCoy 1849 horn coral
Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae	Cyathaxonia cornu Cyathaxonia cornu Michelin 1846 horn coral
Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae	Lonsdaleia floriformis, Lonsdaleia duplicata Lonsdaleia floriformis horn coral subsp. crassiconus Lonsdaleia duplicata Martin 1809 horn coral subsp. duplicata
Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae	Lithostrotion junceum Lithostrotion junceum Fabre 1955 horn coral
Stauriida - Acrocyathidae	"Lithostrotion cf. proliferum" = Acrocyathus proliferus "Lithostrotion cf. proliferum" = Acrocyathus proliferus Hall in Hall and Whitney 1858 horn coral