Where: England, United Kingdom (53.8° N, 2.5° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° S, 5.9° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Lying 8.65 m above the E. ferrimontanum Marine Band. 0.20 m thick section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: prodelta; lithified, gray, argillaceous mudstone

Preservation: replaced with pyrite

Primary reference: A. Brandon, N. J. Riley, A. A. Wilson and R. A. Wilson. 1995. Three new early Namurian (E1c-E2a) marine bands in central and northern England, UK, and their bearing on correlations with the Askrigg Block. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 50:333-355 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8626: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 11.08.2000

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