Westhoughton pit: Westphalian A, United Kingdom
collected by RDA. Smith 1995-1997
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Mariopterus sp.
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Curvirimula sp.
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Camptophyllia eltringhami
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Smithxerxes pustulosus
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Palaeonisciform fish
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? Platysoma sp.
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Cyperites sp.
Lindley and Hutton 1832
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Calamites sp.
Schlotheim 1820
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Coniferales
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Lepidostrobus sp.
Brongniart 1828
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unclassified
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Stigmaria ficoides
Sternberg 1822
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Sigillariaceae
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Sigillaria sp.
Brongniart 1822
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Stylophora
- Cornuta
- Cothurnocystidae
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Trigonocarpus sp.
Ubaghs 1994
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Chondrichthyes
- Psammodontiformes
- Psammodontidae
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? Rhizodus sp.
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Anthracosiidae
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Carbonicola venusta
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Anthracosia regularis
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| synonym of Carbonicola | ||||||||||
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Anthracosia modiolaris
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| synonym of Carbonicola | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Myalinidae
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Naiadites aff. flexuosus
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Arachnida
- Scorpiones
- Eoscorpiidae
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Eoscorpius sp.
Meek and Worthen 1868
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Arachnida
- Phalangiotarbida
- Architarbidae
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Mesotarbus peteri
Dunlop and Horrocks 1997
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Arachnida
- Trigonotarbida
- Anthracomartidae
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Cryptomartus sp.
Petrunkevitch 1945
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| synonym of Anthracomartus | ||||||||||
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Maiocercus celticus
(Pocock 1902)
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| originally recorded as M. orbicularis by Gill 1911 | ||||||||||
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Xiphosura
- Xiphosurida
- Belinuridae
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Bellinurus trilobitoides
(Buckland 1837)
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| recombined as Belinurus trilobitoides | ||||||||||
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Euproops rotundatus
(Prestwich 1840)
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| recombined as Prestwichianella rotundata | ||||||||||
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Liomesaspis laevis
Raymond 1944
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Malacostraca
- Archaeostraca
- Rhinocarididae
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Dithyrocaris sp.
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Cyclida
- Cyclidae
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Cyclus sp.
de Koninck 1841
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Myriapoda
- Xyloiulidae
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Xyloiulus sp.
Cook 1895
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Insecta
- Palaeodictyoptera
- Homoiopteridae
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Anglopterum magnificum
Prokop et al. 2006
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| RS.UC.93 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Greater Manchester |
| Coordinates: | 53.5° North, 2.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.1° North, 7.4° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Bashkirian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Westphalian A | ||
| Age range of interval: | 318.80000 - 317.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pennine Lower Coal Measures | Member: | Wigan Four Foot Coal | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Langsettian; uppermost Westphalian A, lower Modiolaris chronozone. Concretion-bearing interval present in roof shale overlying Wigan Four-Foot Coal. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary,sideritic lithified mudstone | ||
| Lithology description: Siderite concretions in mudstone | |||
| Environment: | interdistributary bay | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
| Geology comments: Pennine Basin. The extensional tectonics of the early Carboniferous had been superseded by a phase of thermal subsidence, caused by the cooling of the asthenosphere beneath tectonically thinned lithosphere. | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | RDA. Smith | Collection dates: | 1995-1997 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 124367 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, B. Seuss | Enterer: | M. Clapham, B. Seuss |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2012-02-13 15:57:12 | Last modified: | 2023-10-03 22:54:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-13 15:57:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40112. | J. Prokop, R. Smith, E. A. Jarzembowski and A. Nel. 2006. New homoiopterids from the Late Carboniferous of England (Insecta: Palaeodictyoptera). Comptes Rendus Palevol 5:867-873 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 74255 | L. I. Anderson, J. A. Dunlop, R. M. C. Eager, C. A. Horrocks, and H. M. Wilson. 1999. Soft-bodied fossils from the roof shales of the Wigan Four Foot coal seem, Westhoughton, Lancashire, UK. Geological Magazine 135(3):321-329 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/M. Uhen] |