Lancaster Fells area, Moulter Beck (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.0° N, 2.8° W: paleocoordinates 0.6° N, 7.2° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: R1 zone, lower shales and sandstones Member (Bentham Grit Formation), Kinderscoutian (321.8 - 321.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

• flaggy shale.

Primary reference: F. Moseley. 1953. The Namurian of the Lancaster Fells. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 109(1-4):423-454 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8266: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 03.07.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Dunbarella sp.
Dunbarella sp. Newell 1938 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Anthracoceratidae
Anthracoceras sp.
Anthracoceras sp. Frech 1899 ammonite
some specimens may well be early Reticuloceras
 Orthocerida -
Cycloceras sp.
Cycloceras sp. M'Coy 1844
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea cf. nitida