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Selby, North Yorkshire, England, UKi
Regional Level Types
SelbyDistrict
North YorkshireCounty
EnglandConstituent Country
UKCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Selby24,859 (2018)
Sherburn in Elmet6,657 (2018)
Tadcaster6,480 (2018)
Barlby3,860 (2018)
Brayton2,913 (2018)
Hemingbrough2,483 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
428296
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:428296:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Selby, Yorkshire du Nord, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
German:
Selby, North Yorkshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Italian:
Selby, North Yorkshire, Inghilterra, Regno Unito
Russian:
Селби, Норт-Йоркшир, Англия, Великобритания
Spanish:
Distrito de Selby, Yorkshire del Norte, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
Belarusian:
Селбі, Норт-Ёркшыр, Англія, Вялікабрытанія
Cebuano:
Selby District, Inglatera, Hiniusang Gingharian
Dutch:
Selby, North Yorkshire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Irish Gaelic:
Selby, Yorkshire Thuaidh, Sasana, An Ríocht Aontaithe
Japanese:
セルビー, ノース・ヨークシャー, イングランド, イギリス
Korean:
셀비구, 노스요크셔주, 잉글랜드, 영국
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Selby , North Yorkshire, Eng-tē, Liân-ha̍p Ông-kok
Norwegian:
Selby, North Yorkshire, England, Storbritannia
Polish:
Selby, North Yorkshire, Anglia, Wielka Brytania
Swedish:
Selby District, North Yorkshire, England, Storbritannien
Ukrainian:
Селбі, Північний Йоркшир, Англія, Велика Британія
Urdu:
سیلبی ضلع, شمالی یارکشائر, انگلستان, مملکت متحدہ
Welsh:
Ardal Selby, Swydd Gogledd Efrog, Lloegr, Y Deyrnas Unedig


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List of minerals for each chemical element

Fossils

There are 4 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences5
Youngest Fossil Listed254 Ma (Permian)
Oldest Fossil Listed315 Ma (Carboniferous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Ford2259.9 - 254.17 Ma (Permian)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Liebea septifer
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Myalinidae : Liebea : Liebea septifer259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Schizodus schlotheimi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Schizodidae : Schizodus : Schizodus schlotheimi259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Schizodus obscurus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Schizodidae : Schizodus : Schizodus obscurus259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Filograna permiana
species
Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : Filograna : Filograna permiana259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Compsoscorpius buthiformis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Compsoscorpius : Compsoscorpius buthiformis314.6 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selby_District
Wikidata ID:Q639773
GeoNames ID:7290612

Localities in this Region

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

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