Low main seam shale, Newsham (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (55.1° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.9° N, 7.0° E)

When: Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. A. Lowney. 1983. The earliest known (Namurian A, E1) haplolepids (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 74:69-78 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226828: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 01.08.2022

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Actinopterygii - Haplolepidae
Parahaplolepis westolli Lowney 1983 ray-finned fish
RSM 1878.40.13 (Holotype)