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Morridge, Cheshire, England, UK

FormationMorridge
Age:318 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalAlportian
Lithologymudstone, "shale"/ironstone
Number of Collections6
Number of Occurrences46

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Pot Bank Quarry Locality 3Cheshire, England, UKMorridge

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Bellerophon sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Bellerophon anthracophilus
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Bellerophon : Bellerophon anthracophilus318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Patellilabia britannica
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Patellilabia : Patellilabia britannica318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Retispira concinna
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Retispira : Retispira concinna318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Retispira mowensis
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Retispira : Retispira mowensis318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Retispira undata
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Retispira : Retispira undata318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Euphemites jacksoni
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Euphemitidae : Euphemites : Euphemites jacksoni318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Amaurotoma sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochonematidae : Amaurotoma318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Platyceras sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Platyceras318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Donaldina sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Streptacididae : Donaldina318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Angyomphalus congletonensis
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Angyomphalus : Angyomphalus congletonensis318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Glabrocingulum armstrongi
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : Glabrocingulum : Glabrocingulum armstrongi318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Liraloron cornoviorum
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Liraloron : Liraloron cornoviorum318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Luciellina sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Luciellina318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Neilsonia coatesi
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Neilsonia : Neilsonia coatesi318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Neilsonia ganneyica
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Neilsonia : Neilsonia ganneyica318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Palaeozygopleura robroystonensis
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Palaeozygopleuridae : Palaeozygopleura : Palaeozygopleura robroystonensis318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Leptoptygma sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Soleniscidae : Leptoptygma318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Auriptygma virgatum
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Soleniscidae : Leptoptygma : Auriptygma virgatum318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Meekospira acrolopha
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Meekospiridae : Meekospira : Meekospira acrolopha318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Naticopsis sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Naticopsidae : Naticopsis318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Platyconcha hindi
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeostylidae : Platyconcha : Platyconcha hindi318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Eirlysia ceramicorum
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Eirlysia : Eirlysia ceramicorum318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Peel J. S. (2016) Gastropods from the Carboniferous (Namurian) of Congleton Edge, Cheshire, UK, Papers in Palaeontology 2 3, 399-438 doi:10.1002/spp2.1047
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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