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A rediscovered fossil locality at Shedden, near Burnley, Lancashire
Author(s) -
Eagar R. M. C.,
Williamson I. A.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
geological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1099-1034
pISSN - 0072-1050
DOI - 10.1002/gj.3350070113
Subject(s) - ironstone , geography , archaeology , locality , horizon , mathematics , philosophy , linguistics , geometry
Carbonicola agrestis (Brown 1843), described with C. heyae, C. rugosa and C. smithii , were recorded from “Ironstone Shale” at or near “Sheden”, a locality lost for many years. Non‐marine bivalves closely comparable with Brown's figures of C. agrestis and C. heyae were recently discovered in an old tip at Shedden, about 6–5 km south‐east of Burnley. With other evidence the material suggests that Brown's species were collected from a small mine in this locality and from a horizon not more than 3.7 m above the Arley Mine.