Stanhope in Weardale (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (54.7° N, 2.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 10.8° S, 1.1° E (Wright 2013)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Great Limestone Member (Alston Formation), Pendleian (330.9 - 327.0 Ma)
• Also called Main Limestone
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
• “Limestone (bioclastic packstone), medium to dark blue-grey, thickly bedded with thin shaly mudstone partings along uneven or wavy bedding planes. There is much crinoid debris throughout and there are many other beds rich in brachiopods and/or corals. The internal stratigraphy of the member is, in parts, remarkably consistent throughout the region and four informal divisions are recognised (Fairbairn, 1980), and referred to from the base upwards as the Bench, Main and Transitional posts and the Tumbler Beds. Beds rich in fossils are widespread. Most noteable and widespread are: the Chaetetes Band (Johnson, 1958) which occurs near the base; this comprises a sponge biostrome along with locally abundant brachiopods, corals and ostracods; within the Main Posts are the Brunton Band comprising the rare alga Calcifolium (Johnson, 1958; Cossey, et al, 2004), and the Frosterly Marble (Johnson, 1958). At the top, the Tumbler Beds, typically 2-5m thich, comprise thick beds of limestone interbedded with persistent mudstone units.”
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. D. Longstaff. 1912. Some new lower Carboniferous Gastropoda. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 68:295-309 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 157645: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.06.2014
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Taxonomic list
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"Mourlonia (Trechmannia) trochiformis n. sp." = Euconospira trochiformis
"Mourlonia (Trechmannia) trochiformis n. sp." = Euconospira trochiformis Longstaff 1912 snail Great Limestone
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Tropidostropha punctata Longstaff 1912 snail | |
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