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Todmorden, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UKi
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TodmordenCivil Parish
CalderdaleMetropolitan Borough
West YorkshireMetropolitan County
EnglandConstituent Country
UKCountry

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List of minerals for each chemical element

Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences65
Youngest Fossil Listed315 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed326 Ma (Carboniferous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Lower Coal Measures1318.1 - 314.6 Ma (Carboniferous)
Namurian Series64326.4 - 314.6 Ma (Carboniferous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Gastropoda
class		Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Angyomphalus
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Angyomphalus326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Ptychomphalus
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Ptychomphalus326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Anthracoceratites
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Dimorphoceratidae : Anthracoceratites326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Gastrioceras
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Gastrioceratidae : Gastrioceras326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Reticuloceras
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Reticuloceratidae : Reticuloceras326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Bivalvia
class		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Grammatodon
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Parallelodontidae : Grammatodon326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Aviculopecten
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Myalinidae : Aviculopecten326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Caneyella
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pterineidae : Caneyella326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Dunbarella
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pterinopectinidae : Dunbarella326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Posidonia
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Posidonia326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Streblochondria
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Myalinidae : Streblochondria326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Sanguinolites
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Grammysiidae : Sanguinolites326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Brachiopoda
phylum		Animalia : Brachiopoda326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Lingula
genus		Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Lingulidae : Lingula326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Osteichthyes
unranked clade		Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Acrolepis
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Acrolepidae : Acrolepis326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Nautiloidea
subclass		Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautiloidea326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Calamites
genus		Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Equisetales : Calamitaceae : Calamites326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Listracanthus
genus		Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Listracanthidae : Listracanthus326.4 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Acanthorhachis spinatus
species		Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Listracanthidae : Acanthorhachis : Acanthorhachis spinatus318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
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