Little Asby Scar, coral assemblage KS 1 (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.5° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 5.4° S, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Knipe Scar Limestone Formation (Alston Group), Asbian (340.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• coral assemblage KS 1

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Aretz and J. Nudds. 2005. The coral fauna of the Holkerian/Asbian boundary stratotype section (Carboniferous) at Little Asby Scar (Cumbria, England) and implications for boundary. Stratigraphy 2(2):167-190 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 76660: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.11.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
? Syringopora sp.
? Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Caninophyllum archiaci
Caninophyllum archiaci Milne-Edwards and Haime 1852 horn coral
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Haplolasma sp., Dibunophyllum bipartitum
Haplolasma sp. Semenoff-Tian-Chansky 1974 horn coral
Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral
 Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Koninckophyllum sp.
Koninckophyllum sp. Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Siphonodendron martini
Siphonodendron martini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral