Wensleydale, Five Yard Limestone VI: Brigantian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Ammodiscidae
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Ammodiscus anceps
(Brady 1876)
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Tetrataxidae
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Tetrataxis decurrens
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Endothyridae
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Endothyra bowmani
Phillips 1846
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Orobias ornata
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Orobias ammonoides
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Archaediscidae
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Archaediscus karreri
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Gastropoda
- Goniasmatidae
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Hypergonia gracilis
(Goldfuss 1844)
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| synonym of Stegocoelia longissima | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudozygopleuridae
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Zygopleura rugifera
(Phillips 1836)
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| recombined as Nodozyga rugifera | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Edmondiidae
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Edmondia cf. maccoyi
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Myalinidae
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Posidoniella cf. minor
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pterinopectinidae
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Pterinopecten dumontianus
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Aviculopectinidae
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Aviculopecten clathratus
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Streblochondriidae
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Pseudamusium anisotum
(Phillips 1836)
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| recombined as Streblochondria anisota | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Euchondriidae
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? Crenipecten semicircularis
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Leiopteria thomsoni
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| spelled with current rank as Leptodesma (Leiopteria) | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Stenoscismatidae
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Camarophoria crumena
Martin 1809
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Reticulariidae
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Reticularia cf. mesoloba
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Phricodothyris lineata
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Choristitidae
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Spirifer cf. bisulcatus
Sowerby 1825
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| recombined as Angiospirifer bisulcatus | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer calcaratus
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Martiniidae
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Martinia aff. decora
(Phillips 1836)
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Cleiothyridina roissyi
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes laguessianus
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Chonetes cf. mosensis
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Overtonia cf. fimbriata
(Sowerby 1824)
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Eomarginifera lobata
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Eomarginifera setosa
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cf. Productina pectinoides
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Dictyoclostus cf. antiquatus
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Dictyoclostus cf. semireticulatus
(Martin 1809)
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Buxtonia cf. scabricula
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Echinoconchidae
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Echinoconchus punctatus
(Martin 1809)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Monticuliferidae
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Gigantoproductus latissimus
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| var. priscus | ||||||||||
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Gigantoproductus striatosulcatus
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus undatus
(Defrance 1826)
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| recombined as Fluctuaria undata | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Rhabdomesida
- Rhabdomesidae
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Rhabdomeson gracile
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Phillipsiidae
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Weberides mucronatus
(McCoy 1844)
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Cyathaxoniidae
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Cyathaxonia cornu
Michelin 1846
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lithostrotionidae
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Lithostrotion junceum
Fabre 1955
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lonsdaleiidae
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Lonsdaleia floriformis
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| subsp. crassiconus | ||||||||||
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Lonsdaleia duplicata
(Martin 1809)
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| subsp. duplicata | ||||||||||
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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
- Stauriida
- Aulophyllidae
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Dibunophyllum bipartitum
(McCoy 1849)
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| subsp. bipartitum | ||||||||||
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Aulophyllum fungites
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Clisiophyllum keyserlingi
McCoy 1849
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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: | Five Yard Limestone VI |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified calcareous "shale" |
| Lithology description: coarse crinoidal limestones, fine-grained limestones with abundant corals and brachiopods, thin calcareous shale and calcareous sandstone beds, in the upper part a Lithostrotion junceum patch reef (1 yard thick, 10 yards by 7 yards) | |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 73424 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-06-15 02:39:48 | Last modified: | 2007-06-15 05:39:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-06-15 02:39:48 |
| 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] |