Unspecified localities [Great Limestone Mbr, Alston Fm]: Brigantian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Liralingua wilsoni
U category
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula squamiformis Phillips 1836
R category
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Sinuatella sinuata (de Koninck 1851)
C category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Pugilis pugilis
U category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Productus carbonarius
U category
Productus concinnus Sowerby 1823
U category
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus sp. (Chao 1927)
U category
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Latiproductus latissimus
A category
Gigantoproductus giganteus (Sowerby 1822)
U category
recombined as Gigantella giganteus
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes celticus
C category
Rugosochonetes speciosus
C category
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Tornquistia sp. Paeckelmann 1930
C category
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptagonia caledonica
U category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
R category
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
Propriopugnus pugnax
U category
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
C category
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Reticycloceras sp. Gordon 1960
U category
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Retispira decussata (Sandberger and Sandberger 1855)
R category
synonym of Retispira elegans
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Anthraconeilo luciniformis
U category
Anthraconeilo mansoni
U category
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis gibbosa
C category
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Sanguinolites costellatus M'Coy 1844
U category
recombined as Acharax costellata
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina mitchelli
R category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Palaeolima simplex (Phillips 1836)
U category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten knockonniensis
R category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Limipecten dissimilis
U category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria ornata
U category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten sowerbii
C category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Posidonia corrugata
U category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Caneyella membranacea
R category
Leiopteria thompsoni
R category
spelled with current rank as Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
Actinopteria persulcata
R category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon semicostatus
R category
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia elliptica
U category
Sanguinolites variabilis
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Chaenocardiola footi
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida
Cypricardella concentrica
U category
Cypricardella rectangularis
R category
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sulcata (Phillips 1836)
U category
synonym of Edmondia sulcata
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus portlocki
R category
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Aulophyllum fungites
C category
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Diphyphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1845
C category
Siphonodendron sp. McCoy 1849
U category
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae
Actinocyathus floriformis
A category
spelled with current rank as Lonsdaleia (Actinocyathus)
Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetes sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1829
A category
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Cumbria
Coordinates: 54.8° North, 2.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.0° South, 3.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
Stage:Visean 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 2
Key time interval:Brigantian
Age range of interval:336.30000 - 330.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Yoredale Formation:Alston Member:Great Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Great Limestone Mbr of the Alston Formation, which underlies the Little Limestone Mbr of the Stainmore Formation. AGE: upper Namurian/Brigantian, on the basis of conodont biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection representative of entire member.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY:“Limestone (bioclastic packstone), medium to dark blue-grey, thickly bedded with thin shaly mudstone partings along uneven or wavy bedding planes. There is much crinoid debris throughout and there are many other beds rich in brachiopods and/or corals. The internal stratigraphy of the member is, in parts, remarkably consistent throughout the region and four informal divisions are recognised (Fairbairn, 1980), and referred to from the base upwards as the Bench, Main and Transitional posts and the Tumbler Beds. Beds rich in fossils are widespread. Most noteable and widespread are: the Chaetetes Band (Johnson, 1958) which occurs near the base; this comprises a sponge biostrome along with locally abundant brachiopods, corals and ostracods; within the Main Posts are the Brunton Band comprising the rare alga Calcifolium (Johnson, 1958; Cossey, et al, 2004), and the Frosterly Marble (Johnson, 1958). At the top, the Tumbler Beds, typically 2-5m thich, comprise thick beds of limestone interbedded with persistent mudstone units.”
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Multiple. REPOSITORY: Likely multiple repositories.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for macro fossils, including Porifera, Anthozoa, Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Gastropoda, Rostroconchia, and Nautiloidea. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:162351
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-09-23 16:52:23 Last modified:2014-09-23 19:53:47
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-23 16:52:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
40790. P. J. Brand. 2011. The Serpukhovian and Bashkirian (Carboniferous, Namurian and basal Westphalian) faunas of northern England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 58(3):143-165 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]