Dearden Moor, Gastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band, shale Unit 2: Pendleian - Yeadonian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Calamitaceae
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cf. Calamites sp.
Suckow 1784
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Angyomphalus sp.
Cossmann 1915
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Gastropoda
- Ptychomphalidae
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Ptychomphalus sp.
Agassiz 1839
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Gastrioceratidae
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Gastrioceras cumbriense
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Gastrioceras crenulatum
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Gastrioceras aff. subcrenatum
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Gastrioceras spp.
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Dimorphoceratidae
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Anthracoceratites sp.
Ramsbottom 1970
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Cephalopoda
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Nautiloidea indet.
Agassiz 1847
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| Narrow angle orthocone | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Tainoceratidae
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Metacoceras sp.
Hyatt 1883
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Aviculopectinidae
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Aviculopecten sp.
M'Coy 1851
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pterinopectinidae
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Dunbarella elegans
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Caneyella cf. multirugata
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Posidoniidae
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Posidonia insignis
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula mytilloides
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Chondrichthyes
- Listracanthidae
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Listracanthus sp.
Newberry and Worthen 1870
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Elonichthyiformes
- Acrolepididae
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Acrolepis sp.
Agassiz 1833
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Lancashire |
| Coordinates: | 53.7° North, 2.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.1° South, 6.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Namurian Series | Local bed: | Gastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band, shale Unit 2 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Regional section: | Namurian Seris of the central Pennines | Regional bed: | Gastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Gastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band generally does not exceed 60cm in thickness. The band is split into five units, the lower barren shales (Unit 1), the advance shales (Unit 2), the acme shales (Unit 3), the retreat shales (Unit 4), and the upper barren shales (Unit 5). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination lithified "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Parallel (paper shale) | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Dearden Moor, Gastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band, shale Unit 2, the advance shale | ||
| Database number: | 41225 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | C. Simpson |
| Modifier: | C. Simpson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-09 09:53:50 | Last modified: | 2004-07-09 12:53:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-09 09:53:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11076. | P. B. Wignall. 1987. A biofacies analysis of the Gastroceras cumbriense marine band (Namurian) of the central Pennines. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 46(2):111-121 [J. Alroy/C. Simpson/C. Simpson] |