Contribution

Some new Lower Carboniferous cardiarinid brachiopods from the Milldale Limestones (Visean, Chadian) of North Staffordshire, England

Morris, Paul G.

Abstract

Lambdarina brownendensis n. sp. and Hampsia cooperi n. g., n. sp., two new species of the unusual microscopic brachiopod family Cardiarinidae, are described from Lower Carboniferous limestones in Brownend Quarry, Waterhouses, North Staffordshire, England.

Kurzfassung

Lambdarina brownendensis n. sp. und Hampsia cooperi n. g. n. sp., zwei neue Arten der ungewöhnlichen Cardiarinidae, einer Familie mikroskopischer Brachiopoden, werden aus Unterkarbon-Kalken einer Grabung auf Brownend, Waterhouses, Staffordshire, England, beschrieben.

Mots-clefs

microscopic brachiopods • limestone • Brownend Quarry • mikroskopische Brachiopoden • Kalkstein • Grabung Brownend • Staffordshire • England