Also known as Oxenhope Moor, Gastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band, shale Unit 3, the acme shale
Where: England, United Kingdom (53.7° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° S, 6.4° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Namurian Series Formation, Pendleian to Pendleian (326.4 - 314.6 Ma)
• The Gastrioceras cumbriense Marine Band generally does not exceed 60cm in thickness. The band is split into five units, the lower barren shales (Unit 1), the advance shales (Unit 2), the acme shales (Unit 3), the retreat shales (Unit 4), and the upper barren shales (Unit 5).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, pyritic, black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. B. Wignall. 1987. A biofacies analysis of the Gastroceras cumbriense marine band (Namurian) of the central Pennines. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 46(2):111-121 [J. Alroy/C. Simpson/C. Simpson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41259: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Carl Simpson on 09.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida | |
cf. Calamites indet. Suckow 1784 | |
Cephalopoda | |
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Anthracoceratites sp. Ramsbottom 1970 ammonite | |
Gastrioceras cumbriense ammonite
Gastrioceras crenulatum ammonite
Gastrioceras aff. coronatum ammonite | |
cf. Reticuloceras sp. Bisat 1924 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
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Angyomphalus sp. Cossmann 1915 snail | |
Ptychomphalus sp. Agassiz 1839 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam | |
Aviculopecten aff. losseni scallop
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop | |
cf. Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop | |
Dunbarella elegans scallop | |
Posidonia insignis oyster
Posidonia cf. insignis oyster
Posidonia gibsoni oyster
Posidonia sp. Bronn 1828 oyster | |
Caneyella multirugata oyster
Caneyella cf. semisulcata oyster | |
Sanguinolites sp. M'Coy 1844 clam | |
Brachiopoda | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
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Gnathostomata | |
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Osteichthyes | |
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