Wooler Water: Tournaisian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Spermatophyta indet. seed/fruit
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very rare category | |||||||||
| ETE qualitative abundance; species: WoW/ovule C | ||||||||||
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Coenopteridales
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cf. Stauropteris berwickensis
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very rare category | |||||||||
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Ginkgoopsida
- Calamopityales
- Calamopityaceae
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cf. Kalymma sp.
Unger 1856
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very rare category | |||||||||
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Lepidodendrales
- Lepidodendraceae
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Lepidodendron calamopsoides
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abundant category | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Lyginorachis cf. whitadderensis
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very rare category | |||||||||
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Lyginorachis papilio
Kidston 1923
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rare category | |||||||||
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cf. Tantallosperma setigera
Barnard and Long 1973
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rare category | |||||||||
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cf. Tristichia sp.
Long 1961
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very rare category | |||||||||
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cf. Telangium sp.
Benson 1904
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rare category | |||||||||
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Eurystoma burnense
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rare category | |||||||||
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Cordaitales
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Amyelon sp.
Williamson 1874
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rare category | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Northumberland |
| Coordinates: | 55.5° North, 2.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.6° South, 1.1° West | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Tournaisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1 | *Local age/stage: | Tournaisian - Tournaisian |
| Key time interval: | Tournaisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 358.9 - 346.7 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Cementstone | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: no palynozone data; date based on comparison of plant mega- fossils with other dates localities in the region | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse sandstone | ||
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: coarse, massive, ETE lithology comments: . | |||
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | back-arc basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Collection size: | 0 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ; ETE museum list: HANCOCK M., RMB COLL.
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| Taxonomic list comments:Probably from Bateman's personal knowledge | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ETE Locality 110, Wooler Water, | ||
| Database number: | 21312 | ||
| Authorizer: | H. Sims | Enterer: | R. Bateman |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 1991-08-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-05-19 14:11:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1991-08-27 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3954. | ETE 234 | R. M. Bateman and G. W. Rothwell. 1990. A reappraisal of the Dinantian floras at Oxroad Bay, East Lothian, Scotland. 1. Floristics and the development of whole-plant concepts. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 81:127-159 [H. Sims/J. Allen/H. Sims] |