Cannel shale, Newsham (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (55.1° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 2.0° N, 8.0° E)

When: Cannel shale Member (Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation), Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)

• "impure cannel above the Low Main seam at Newsham"

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. M. Elliott. 2018. An early actinopterygian ichthyofauna from the Scottish Lower Coal Measures Formation: Westphalian A (Bashkirian). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 107:351-394 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229823: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 29.03.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Actinopterygii - Haplolepidae
Pyritocephalus rudis n. sp., Parahaplolepis aff. anglica
Pyritocephalus rudis n. sp. Westoll 1944 ray-finned fish
Parahaplolepis aff. anglica Traquair 1894 ray-finned fish
skull roofs, Hancock Museum