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Middle Coal Measures, UK

Formation	Middle Coal Measures
Age:	318 - 307 Ma Carboniferous
Interval	Westphalian B
Tectonic Setting	Cratonic basin
Lithology	coal
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	9

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Shipley Manor	Derbyshire, England, UK	Middle Coal Measures
near Newsham	Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK	Middle Coal Measures
Hannah Pit	Northumberland, England, UK	Middle Coal Measures
Newcarthill	North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK	Middle Coal Measures

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Octagomphus woodi species	7	Octagomphus : *Octagomphus woodi*	323.2 - 315.2 Ma Carboniferous
Prestwichia sp. genus	6	*Prestwichia*	314.6 - 314.6 Ma Carboniferous
Curculioides granulatus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Ricinulei : Curculioididae : Curculioides : *Curculioides granulatus*	314.6 - 314.6 Ma Carboniferous
Scorpiones order	4	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones	314.6 - 314.6 Ma Carboniferous
Paraisobuthus duobicarinatus species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Paraisobuthidae : Paraisobuthus : *Paraisobuthus duobicarinatus*	314.6 - 314.6 Ma Carboniferous
Anthracosiro sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Anthracosironidae : *Anthracosiro*	314.6 - 314.6 Ma Carboniferous
Anthracosiro fritschii species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Anthracosironidae : Anthracosiro : *Anthracosiro fritschii*	314.6 - 314.6 Ma Carboniferous
Anthracosiro woodwardi species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Anthracosironidae : Anthracosiro : *Anthracosiro woodwardi*	314.6 - 314.6 Ma Carboniferous
Geralinura britannica species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Uropygi : Thelyphonidae : Geralinura : *Geralinura britannica*	314.6 - 314.6 Ma Carboniferous
Boltonocosta splendens species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Boltonocostidae : Boltonocosta : *Boltonocosta splendens*	314.6 - 314.6 Ma Carboniferous
Cryptovenia moyseyi species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Cryptovenidae : Cryptovenia : *Cryptovenia moyseyi*	314.6 - 314.6 Ma Carboniferous
Pteronidia plicatula species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Pteronidia : *Pteronidia plicatula*	314.6 - 314.6 Ma Carboniferous
Oestocephalus nanum species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Aistopoda : Oestocephalidae : Oestocephalus : *Oestocephalus nanum*	323.2 - 315.2 Ma Carboniferous
Lysorophus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Lysorophia : *Lysorophus*	323.2 - 315.2 Ma Carboniferous
Megalocephalus pachycephalus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Baphetidae : Megalocephalus : *Megalocephalus pachycephalus*	323.2 - 315.2 Ma Carboniferous
Batrachiderpeton reticulatum species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Diplocaulidae : Batrachiderpeton : *Batrachiderpeton reticulatum*	323.2 - 315.2 Ma Carboniferous
Urocordylidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Urocordylidae	323.2 - 315.2 Ma Carboniferous
Pholiderpeton attheyi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eogyrinidae : Pholiderpeton : *Pholiderpeton attheyi*	323.2 - 315.2 Ma Carboniferous
Pteroplax cornutus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eogyrinidae : Pteroplax : *Pteroplax cornutus*	323.2 - 315.2 Ma Carboniferous

References

Fritsch A. Fauna der Gaskohle und der Kalksteine der Permformation Bohmens 1 2

Barkas T. P. Illustrated Guide to the Fish, Amphibian, Reptilian and Supposed Mammalian Remains of the northumberland Carboniferous Strata, 117

Hancock A., Atthey T. On a new labyrinthodont from the Northumberland coal field, and on the occurrence in the same locality of Anthracosaurus russelli, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 4, 182-189 doi:10.1080/00222936908696027

Pocock R. I. (1911) , A Monograph of the Terrestrial Carboniferous Arachnida of Great Britain, 1-84

Bolton H. (1912) Insect-remains from the Midland and South-Eastern coal measures, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 68, 310-323

Watson D. M. S. (1926) Croonian lecture.—The evolution and origin of the Amphibia, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 214, 189-257

Petrunkevitch A. I. (1949) A study of the structure classification and relationships of the Palaeozoic Arachnida based on the collections of the British Museum, Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 37, 69-315

Panchen A. L. (1970) Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 5 / Part 5 Batrachosauria Teil A / Part A Anthracosauria, 1-84

Boyd M. J. (1980) A lysorophid amphibian from the Coal Measures of northern England, Palaeontology 23, 925-929

Boyd M. J. (1980) The axial skeleton of the Carboniferous amphibian Pteroplax cornutus, Palaeontology 23 2, 273-285

Boyd M. J. (1982) A urocordylid nectridean (Amphibia) from the Westphalian of Northumberland, Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumbria 48, 9-12

Kjellesvig-Waering E. N. (1986) A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world, Palaeontographica Americana 55, 1-287

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