Wensleydale, Middle Limestone Va Cyclothem: Brigantian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Amplexidae
cf. Amplexus coralloides Sowerby 1814
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Aulophyllum fungites
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Triplophyllites curvilinea
synonym of Amplexizaphrentis
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
Rotiphyllum granulate
Claviphyllum eruca
Claviphyllum hillae
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia cornu Michelin 1846
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion junceum Fabre 1955
Anthozoa - Heterocorallia - Heterophylliidae
Heterophyllia granulata
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Weberides mucronatus (McCoy 1844)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Plicochonetes buchiana
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes hardrensis
Chonetes mosensis
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella aff. collina
Strophomenata - Productida - Chonopectidae
Semenewia concentrica (de Koninck 1847)
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Gigantoproductus dentifer
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Eomarginifera lobata
Eomarginifera tissingtonensis
forma cambriensis
Overtonia fimbriata (Sowerby 1824)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella michelini (L'Eveille 1835)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia cf. pleurodon
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Actinoconchus lamellosus (Léveillé 1835)
recombined as Athyris lamellosa
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae
Spirifer bisulcatus Sowerby 1825
recombined as Angiospirifer bisulcatus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris lineata
Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae
Zygopleura rugifera (Phillips 1836)
recombined as Nodozyga rugifera
var. subplanata
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus cf. catillus (Martin 1793)
original and current combination Helix catillus
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bucanopsis undatus (Etheridge 1876)
recombined as Retispira undata
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites urei (Fleming 1828)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Zygopleura cf. roscobiensis Longstaff 1933
recombined as Palaeozyga roscobiensis
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Borestus cf. wrighti Thomas 1940
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis gibbosa
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pteronites cf. latus
Leiopteria thomsoni
spelled with current rank as Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 54.3° North, 2.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.5° South, 3.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
Stage:Visean 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 2
Key time interval:Brigantian
Age range of interval:336.30000 - 330.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Middle Limestone Formation:Middle Limestone Va Cyclothem
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Environment:deltaic indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:73423
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-06-15 02:08:16 Last modified:2007-06-15 05:08:16
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-15 02:08:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24641.1% 20080D. Moore. 1958. The Yoredale Series of Upper Wensleydale and adjacent parts of North-West Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 31(2):91-148 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]