PBDB Collection

Wensleydale, Main Limestone IX (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.3° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 6.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Main Limestone IX Formation (Upper Limestone Group), Pendleian (330.9 - 327.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• sandy and crinoidal limestones at the base, coral bed in the lower part, crinoid reefs, brachiopod beds

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 73467: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
Productida - Aulostegidae	Sinuatella sinuata Sinuatella sinuata de Koninck 1851
Productida - Productellidae	Avonia youngiana, Eomarginifera lobata, Eomarginifera praecursor Avonia youngiana Eomarginifera lobata var. laqueata Eomarginifera praecursor
Productida - Monticuliferidae	Gigantoproductus latissimus, Gigantoproductus giganteus Gigantoproductus latissimus Gigantoproductus giganteus Sowerby 1822 var. crassus
Rhynchonellata
Spiriferida - Elythidae	Phricodothyris ? lineata Phricodothyris ? lineata
Spiriferida - Spiriferidae	Spirifer cf. duplicicostus Spirifer cf. duplicicostus
Spiriferida - Choristitidae	"Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus "Spirifer bisulcatus" = Angiospirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae	cf. Martiniopsis bimembris cf. Martiniopsis bimembris
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Composita ambigua Composita ambigua
Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae	"Pugnax cf. pugnus" = Propriopugnus pugnus "Pugnax cf. pugnus" = Propriopugnus pugnus Martin 1809
Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae	"Dielasma hastatum" = Dielasma virgoides "Dielasma hastatum" = Dielasma virgoides M'Coy 1844
Orthida - Schizophoriidae	Schizophoria resupinata Schizophoria resupinata Martin 1809
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Aulophyllidae	Dibunophyllum bipartitum, Clisiophyllum keyserlingi, Aulophyllum fungites Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral subsp. bipartitum, craigianum and konincki Clisiophyllum keyserlingi McCoy 1849 horn coral Aulophyllum fungites horn coral
Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae	Koninckophyllum cf. echinatum, Palaeosmilia regia Koninckophyllum cf. echinatum horn coral Palaeosmilia regia horn coral
Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae	Diphyphyllum lateseptatum, Diphyphyllum fasciculatum Diphyphyllum lateseptatum horn coral Diphyphyllum fasciculatum Fleming 1828 horn coral
Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae	Lonsdaleia floriformis, Lonsdaleia cf. laticlavia, Lonsdaleia duplicata, Thysanophyllum cf. orientale Lonsdaleia floriformis horn coral subsp. crassiconus and floriformis Lonsdaleia cf. laticlavia horn coral Lonsdaleia duplicata Martin 1809 horn coral subsp. duplicata Thysanophyllum cf. orientale horn coral
Auloporida - Syringoporidae	Syringopora sp. Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
Demospongiae
Hadromerida - Suberitidae	Chaetetes cf. radians Chaetetes cf. radians demosponge
Foraminifera
Lituolida - Lituolidae	"Textularia" cf. eximia "Textularia" cf. eximia
Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae	Ammodiscus incertus Ammodiscus incertus d'Orbigny 1839
Archaediscacea - Archaediscidae	Archaediscus karreri Archaediscus karreri
Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae	Tetrataxis cf. bulloides, Tetrataxis decurrens Tetrataxis cf. bulloides Tetrataxis decurrens
Tetrataxoidea - Valvulinellidae	Valvulinella youngi Valvulinella youngi
Endothyroidea - Endothyridae	Endothyra bowmani Endothyra bowmani Phillips 1846