Stebden Hill Reef: Asbian - Brigantian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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informal Microbialite indet.
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100 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Spirorbidae indet.
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9 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Emmonsia parasitica
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73 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Micheliniidae
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Michelinia glomerata
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82 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Pyrgiidae
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Cladochonus crassus
(McCoy 1847)
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55 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Amplexidae
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Amplexus coralloides
Sowerby 1814
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Brunton and Mundy 1997 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Polycoeliidae
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Calophyllum sp.
Dana 1846
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55 quadrats | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Cyathaxoniidae
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Cyathaxonia cornu
Michelin 1846
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91 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Laccophyllidae
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Amplexocarinia sp.
Soshkina 1928
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73 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Thaumastocoeliidae
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cf. Girtyocoelia sp.
Cossman 1909
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9 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Spirosclerophorida
- Haplistiidae
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Haplistion carbonaria
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100 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Streptosclerophorida
- Hindiidae
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Hindia castletonense
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100 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Scheiia castletonensis
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Rigby and Mundy 2000 | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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100 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Halocyprida
- Entomoconchidae
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Entomoconchus sp.
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46 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Myodocopida
- Cypridinellidae
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Cypridinella sp.
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55 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Phillipsiidae
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Griffithides acanthiceps
Woodward 1884
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36 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Brachymetopidae
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Brachymetopus ornatus
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Brunton and Mundy 1997 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Leptagonia caledonica
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64 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Streptorhynchus anomalus
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100 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Aulostegidae
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Stipulina deshayesiana
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91 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Stipulina tiddemani
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55 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Rugicostella nystiana
(de Koninck 1842)
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46 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Retroplexus cravenensis
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55 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Chonopectidae
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Chonopectinidae indet.
Archbold 1999
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91 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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= Parmephrix eileeni n. gen., n. sp.
Brunton and Mundy 1994
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Brunton et al. 1994 | |||||||||
| Part of Palmerhytis stebdenensis in Brunton & Mundy, 1985 | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Strophalosiidae
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Crossalosia buchiana
(de Koninck 1847)
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18 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Monticuliferidae
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Undaria erminea
de Koninck
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46 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Proboscidella proboscideus
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36 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Acanthoplecta mesoloba
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Brunton and Mundy 1997 | |||||||||
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Plicatifera plicatilis
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18 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Plicatifera pseudoplicatilis
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Brunton and Mundy 1997 | |||||||||
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Cinctifera medusa
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73 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Limbifera griffithiana
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73 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Alitaria triquetrus
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55 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Argentiproductus atripoides
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73 quadrats | |||||||||
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"Avonia" davidsoni
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Brunton and Mundy 1997 | |||||||||
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Quasiavonia aculeata
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Brunton and Mundy 1997 | |||||||||
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Krotovia spinulosa
(Sowerby 1814)
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Brunton and Mundy 1997 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Dictyoclostus pinguis
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36 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Aulacophoria keyserlingiana
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64 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Schizophoria resupinata
(Martin 1809)
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100 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Pugnacidae
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Propriopugnus pugnus
(Martin 1809)
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Brunton and Mundy 1997 | |||||||||
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Pleuropugnoides pleurodon
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Brunton and Mundy 1997 | |||||||||
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Pugnax acuminatus
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Brunton and Mundy 1997 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Stenoscismatidae
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Stenoscisma crumenum
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27 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Martiniidae
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Martinia sp.
M'Coy 1844
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100 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Reticulariidae
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Reticularia elliptica
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46 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Nebenothyris rhachis n. sp.
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Brunton and Mundy 1997 | |||||||||
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Phricodothyris insolita
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100 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporata
- Fistuliporidae
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Fistulipora incrustans
Moore 1929
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91 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Septoporidae
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Thamniscus sp.
King 1849
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55 %-quadrats | |||||||||
| End reef builders | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella sp.
Lonsdale 1839
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73 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Hemitrypa hibernica
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Brunton and Mundy 1997 | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Acanthocladiidae
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Penniretepora sp.
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Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Stenoporidae
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Tabulipora sp.
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73 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Esthonioporata
- Revalotrypidae
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Metelipora sp.
Trizna 1950
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9 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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"Serpula" indistincta
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64 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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64 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Parallelodon sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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46 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Streblochondriidae
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Streblopteria sp.
McCoy 1851
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64 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pseudomonotidae
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Pachypteria sp.
Koninck 1885
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81 %-quadrats | |||||||||
| synonym of Pseudomonotis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Sanguinolitidae
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Sanguinolites striatolamellosus
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91 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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Tetrataxidae
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Tetrataxis conica
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100 %-quadrats | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Trypanites sp.
Mägdefrau 1932
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36 %-quadrats | |||||||||
| Ichnogenus | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 54.1° North, 2.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.3° South, 2.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Carboniferous | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Visean |
| *International age/stage: | Asbian | *Local age/stage: | Asbian |
| Key time interval: | Asbian - Brigantian | Ammonoid zone: | Goniatites moorei - Goniatites crenistria |
| Age range of interval: | 340.20000 - 330.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cracoe Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Reef growth started in late Holkerian and lastet into earliest Brigantian. PJW: This is between the Malham formation and Pendleside Limestone. It is now considered to be it's own rock unit, the Cracoe Limestone (formerly Cracoe Reef). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified framestone |
| Lithology description: Framework of microbialite with associated metazoans and sponges | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Size sorting: | very poor |
| Bioerosion: | occasional |
| Encrustation: | extreme |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,peel or thin section,field collection |
| Collection size: | 3080 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Lumps information from 11 samples locations, not subdivided in table | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Percentage data refers to percent of localities where taxon was recorded | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 428 | ||
| Database number: | 28383 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, M. Clapham, J. Alroy | Enterer: | W. Kiessling, M. Clapham, U. Merkel, C. Simpson |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-02-11 04:15:22 | Last modified: | 2022-11-29 13:28:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-02-11 04:15:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7817. | D.J.C. Mundy. 1994. Microbialite-sponge-bryozoan-coral framestones in Lower Carboniferous (Late Visean) buildups of northern England (UK). in: Embry, A.F., Beauchamp, B., Glass, D.J. (eds): Pangea: Global Environments and Resources. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 17:713-729 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |
Secondary references:
| 11074 | C. H. C. Brunton and D. J. C. Mundy. 1997. A new elythid spiriferide brachiopod from the Lower Carboniferous (Asbian) reef facies of the British Isles. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 51(3):229-234 [J. Alroy/C. Simpson/C. Simpson] | |
| 87187 | C. H. C. Brunton, P. R. Rachebouef, and D. J. C. Mundy. 1994. Reclassification of Semenewia concentrica (de Koninck, 1847) (Brachiopoda, Lower Carboniferous). Geobios 27:51-60 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 25871 | J. K. Rigby and D. J. C. Mundy. 2000. Lower Carboniferous sponges from the Craven Reef Belt of North Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 53(2):119-128 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |