Pemberton opencast mine, near Wigan: Westphalian A, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Arachnida - Scorpiones
Gymnoscorpius mutillidigitus Jeram 1994
1 specimen
BELUM K14525
Compsoscorpius elegans Petrunkevitch 1949
27 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Lancashire
Coordinates: 53.5° North, 2.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.1° North, 7.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Bashkirian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 4
Key time interval: Westphalian A
Age range of interval: 318.8 - 317 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wigan Five Foot Coal
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Carbonaceous shale from a seam split in the Wigan Five Foot Coal; uppermost Westphalian A
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified carbonaceous "shale"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:chemical,peroxide,sieve
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Ulster Museum (BELUM)
Metadata
Database number:153599
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2013-12-31 13:06:33 Last modified:2013-12-31 13:06:33
Access level:the public Released:2013-12-31 13:06:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

49661. A. J. Jeram. 1994. Carboniferous Orthosterni and their relationships to living scorpions. Palaeontology 37:513-550 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]