Wensleydale, Underset Limestone VIII (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: Underset Limestone VIII Formation (Middle Limestone Group), Brigantian (336.0 - 326.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• crinoidal limestones with a large number of lenticular crinoid reefs, platy limestones rich in fossils, well-developed coral bed, bryozoan limestones

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 73431: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Foraminifera
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Endothyra bowmani Phillips 1846
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
Anthozoa
 Heterocorallia - Heterophylliidae
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia sp. de Koninck 1841 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia cornu Michelin 1846 horn coral
 Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Koninckophyllum magnificum Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral
subsp. bipartitum and konincki
Clisiophyllum keyserlingi McCoy 1849 horn coral
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Diphyphyllum fasciculatum Fleming 1828 horn coral
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Sinuatella sinuata de Koninck 1851
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus elegans Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Gigantoproductus giganteus Sowerby 1822
var. crassus
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
"Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus
"Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
"Pugnax cf. pugnus" = Propriopugnus pugnus
"Pugnax cf. pugnus" = Propriopugnus pugnus Martin 1809
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Dielasma hastatum" = Dielasma virgoides M'Coy 1844
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella michelini L'Eveille 1835