Gressingham Beck, Cravenoceras gressinghamense Marine Band (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.1° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° S, 5.8° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: E2a2-alpha zone, Roeburndale Formation, Arnsbergian (327.0 - 323.7 Ma)

• About 1.5 m thick section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary, phosphatic, gray mudstone and limestone

• [litho is taken from brandon et al. 1995] fossiliferous, hemipelagic, dark grey, fissile mudstone with abundant small, irregular phosphatic nodules. limestone nodules are common. some cone-in-cone structure

Primary reference: A. Brandon, N. Aitkenhead, R. G. Crofts, R. A. Ellison, D. J. Evans and N. J. Riley. 1998. Geology of the country around Lancaster. Memoir of the British Geological Survey. Sheet 59 (England and Wales) 1-181 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8617: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 11.08.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
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Conodonta indet.
Conodonta indet. Pander 1856 conodont
conodonts
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
fish debris
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Selenimyalina sp.
Selenimyalina sp. Newell 1942 clam
 Pectinida -
Pectinoidea indet.
Pectinoidea indet. Rafinesque 1815 scallop
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Posidonia corrugata
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Chaenocardiola footii
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae
Eumorphoceras sp.
Eumorphoceras sp. Girty 1909 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Dimorphoceratidae
Metadimorphoceras cf. saleswheelense
 Goniatitida - Cravenoceratidae
Cravenoceras gressinghamense
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
orthocone