Swillington brickpit, bed 18: Westphalian B, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Arachnida
- Scorpiones
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Gymnoscorpius mutillidigitus
Jeram 1994
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1 specimen | |||||||||
BELUM K14476 | ||||||||||
Compsoscorpius elegans
Petrunkevitch 1949
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24 specimens | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Yorkshire |
Coordinates: | 53.8° North, 1.4° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 0.7° North, 8.3° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 | ||
Key time interval: | Westphalian B | ||
Age range of interval: | 317 - 314.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Carbonaceous shales occurring as seam splits and roof shales in sequences of thin coals at three horizons (beds 13, 18, and 20F of Scott (1978, 1984)); low Westphalian B |
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: | 153601 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2013-12-31 13:15:03 | Last modified: | 2013-12-31 13:15:03 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-12-31 13:15:03 |
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] |