Lancaster Fells area, Greta Valley (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: G1 zone, Greta Grit Formation, Yeadonian (320.0 - 318.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

• shales...dark marine shales.

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 8270: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 03.07.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae
? Stroboceras sp.
? Stroboceras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Goniatitida - Dimorphoceratidae
Dimorphoceras sp.
Dimorphoceras sp. Hyatt 1883 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae
Gastrioceras sp., Gastrioceras cumbriense, Gastrioceras cancellatum
Gastrioceras sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp.
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten cf. gentilis
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp., "Lingula mytiloides" = Lingula carbonaria
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
"Lingula mytiloides" = Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea cf. nitida
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Productus carbonarius
Productus carbonarius de Koninck 1842
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
fish scales and tooth