#36, Small quarry near Waterhouoses (Chadian - Arundian) (Carboniferous to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.8° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.3° S, 0.5° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: C2 - S1 zone, Massive series Member (Carboniferous Limestone Formation), Chadian to Chadian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, dolomitic, ferruginous, shelly/skeletal, brown, gray wackestone and argillaceous shale

• limestones, detrital in nature, crinoidal/shelly. medium gray-brown, often stained red, often highly dolomitic. toward the base frequent intercalations of mudstone and platy shale.

Primary reference: J. E. Prentice. 1951. The Carboniferous Limestone of the Manifold Valley region, north Staffordshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 106:171-209 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8180: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 27.06.2000

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Taxonomic list

• crinoids not identified
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Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Actinoconchus sp.
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus (Pustula) aff. nodosus" = Pustula
"Productus (Pustula) aff. nodosus" = Pustula
sgn. (Pustula)
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion sp.
Lithostrotion sp. Fleming 1828 horn coral