Wensleydale, Gayle Shale: Brigantian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Saccaminopsis fusulinaformis
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Gastropoda
- Pseudozygopleuridae
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Zygopleura rugifera
(Phillips 1836)
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| recombined as Nodozyga rugifera | ||||||||||
| var. subplanata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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Euphemites urei
(Fleming 1828)
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Glabrocingulum cf. atomarium
(Phillips 1836)
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Rostroconchia
- Conocardiida
- Conocardiidae
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Conocardium inflatum
(M'Coy 1844)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna flabelliformis
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Actinopteria persulcata
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Aviculopectinidae
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Aviculopecten cf. murchisoni
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Aviculopecten cf. tabulatus
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limatulinidae
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Limatulina scotica
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Edmondiidae
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Edmondia sulcata
(Phillips 1836)
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| synonym of Edmondia sulcata | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Neoretziidae
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Hustedia radialis
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Cleiothyridina roissyi
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Actinoconchus planosulcatus
(Phillips 1836)
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Actinoconchus lamellosus
(Léveillé 1835)
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| recombined as Athyris lamellosa | ||||||||||
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Composita cf. ambigua
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Strophopleuridae
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Fusella triangularis
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Mucrospiriferidae
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Tylothyris laminosa
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Rhipidomella michelini
(L'Eveille 1835)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Monticuliferidae
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Gigantoproductus cf. latissimus
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Gigantoproductus cf. giganteus
(Sowerby 1822)
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| recombined as Gigantella giganteus | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Dictyoclostus antiquatus
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Dictyoclostus sulcatus
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Buxtonia scabricula
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Eomarginifera lobata
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Overtonia fimbriata
(Sowerby 1824)
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Leptaena analoga
(Phillips 1836)
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| recombined as Leptagonia analoga | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes hardrensis
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Chonetes mosensis
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Plicochonetes buchiana
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Micheliniidae
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Michelinia sp.
de Koninck 1841
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Auloporidae
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Aulopora sp.
Goldfuss 1829
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Aulophyllidae
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Aulophyllum fungites
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Clisiophyllum keyserlingi
McCoy 1849
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Dibunophyllum bipartitum
(McCoy 1849)
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| subsp. bipartitum | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Palaeosmiliidae
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Koninckophyllum magnificum
Thomson and Nicholson 1876
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Antiphyllidae
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Rotiphyllum charlestonense
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Rotiphyllum granulate
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Fasciculophyllum thomsoni
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lithostrotionidae
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Lithostrotion pauciradiale
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Lithostrotion junceum
Fabre 1955
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Diphyphyllum lateseptatum
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lonsdaleiidae
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Lonsdaleia floriformis
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| subsp. floriformis | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Acrocyathidae
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Lithostrotion cf. proliferum
Hall in Hall and Whitney 1858
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| recombined as Acrocyathus proliferus | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Heterocorallia
- Heterophylliidae
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Heterophyllia granulata
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Demospongiae
- Hadromerida
- Suberitidae
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Chaetetes septosus
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Endothyridae
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Endothyra bowmani
Phillips 1846
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Archaediscidae
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Archaediscus karreri
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 54.3° North, 2.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.5° South, 3.4° 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: | Middle Limestone | Formation: | Gayle Shale |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: fossiliferous calcareous shales with thin courses of blue limestone | |
| Environment: | deltaic indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 73391 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-06-14 02:12:49 | Last modified: | 2007-06-14 05:12:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-06-14 02:12:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24641. | 1% 20080 | D. Moore. 1958. The Yoredale Series of Upper Wensleydale and adjacent parts of North-West Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 31(2):91-148 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |