opencast coal mine at Winstanley (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Tan Pit Slip opencast coal mining site

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.5° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 6.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)

• Ince Coals

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. C. Milner and W. Lindsay. 1998. Postcranial remains of Buphetes and their bearing on the relationships of the Baphetidae (=Loxommatidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 122:211-235 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176241: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 03.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Baphetoidea - Baphetidae
Baphetes kirkbyi Watson 1929 tetrapod
NHMUK R.9663 (partial skull and skeleton)