Where: United Kingdom (54.8° N, 6.6° W: paleocoordinates 2.5° N, 6.1° E)

When: Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

• the dark shale (at the base of the carboniferous system), supposed to be of the age of the yellow sandstone in the valley of the Moyola

Environment/lithology: marine; yellow shale and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences)

Primary reference: F. M'Coy. 1855. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks, with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils.Fasciculus 3, Mollusca and Palaeozoic fishes. British Palaeozoic Fossils, Part II. Palaeontology 407-666 [G. Webster/G. Webster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132786: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 27.08.2012

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