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Upper Border - Glencartholm Volcanic, Northumberland, England, UK

GroupUpper Border
FormationGlencartholm Volcanic
Age:347 - 331 Ma
Carboniferous
IntervalVisean
Lithologytuff/"shale"
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences28

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Blue ScaurNorthumberland, England, UKUpper Border - Glencartholm Volcanic

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Cemenstones359 - 347 Ma
Paleozoic
2
Cementstone359 - 323 Ma
Paleozoic
sandstone/"shale", "limestone"/lime mudstone, mudstone/siltstone, sandstone, "shale", sandstone/siltstone, ash123
Cementstones359 - 331 Ma
Paleozoic
9

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Lepidodendron sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Lepidodendraceae : Lepidodendron346.7 - 330.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Lepidostrobophyllum sp.
genus
6Plantae : Lepidodendraceae : Lepidostrobophyllum346.7 - 330.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Lepidostrobus sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Lepidodendraceae : Lepidostrobus346.7 - 330.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Carpolithes sp.
genus
6Fungi : Carpolithes346.7 - 330.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Rhacopteris sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Rhacopteris346.7 - 330.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Stigmaria sp.
genus
6Plantae : Stigmaria346.7 - 330.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Sphenopteris sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lyginopteridaceae : Sphenopteris346.7 - 330.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Acanthracochaerilus palustris
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Centromachidae : Acanthracochaerilus : Acanthracochaerilus palustris346.7 - 330.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Centromachus euglyptus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Vaejovidae : Centromachus : Centromachus euglyptus346.7 - 330.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Eskiscorpio parvus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Eoscorpiidae : Eskiscorpio : Eskiscorpio parvus346.7 - 330.9 Ma
Carboniferous
Gigantoscorpio willsi
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Vaejovidae : Gigantoscorpio : Gigantoscorpio willsi346.7 - 330.9 Ma
Carboniferous

References

Jeram A. J. (1994) Scorpions from the Viséan of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland, with a revision of the infraorder Mesoscorpionina, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 84, 283-299 doi:10.1017/S0263593300006106
Cleal C. J., Thomas B. A. (1995) Palaeozoic Palaeobotany of Great Britain, Geological Conservation Review Series, Chapman & Hall: London. 9
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