Borehole Swinden, Craven Reef Belt (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Reef 428

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.0° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 1.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Asbian (340.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• Reef growth started in late Holkerian and lastet into earliest Brigantian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• Cracoean reef type

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. K. Rigby and D. J. C. Mundy. 2000. Lower Carboniferous sponges from the Craven Reef Belt of North Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 53(2):119-128 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 76460: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.11.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Tabulipora sp.
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Sutherlandia sp.
Sutherlandia sp. Cocke and Bowsher 1968 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia sp.
Michelinia sp. de Koninck 1841 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus sp.
Cladochonus sp. M'Coy 1847 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia sp.
Cyathaxonia sp. Michelin 1847 horn coral
Demospongiae
 Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae
Haplistion carbonaria, Haplistion mega n. sp.
Haplistion mega n. sp. demosponge
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia ramosa n. sp.
Sollasia ramosa n. sp. demosponge