Ferrybridge (Phillips collection) (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (53.7° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 16.3° N, 14.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by John Phillips, Rev. W. Bulmer in 1826

Primary reference: J. Phillips. 1828. Geological observations made in the neighbourhood of Ferrybridge, in the years 1826-1828. The Philosophical Magazine and Annals of Philosophy, New Series 4:401-409 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 130854: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
""Loxonema" fasciata" = Loxonema fasciatum
""Loxonema" fasciata" = Loxonema fasciatum King 1848 snail
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
"Axinus obscurus" = Schizodus obscurus, "Schizodus obscurus" = Schizodus obscurus
"Axinus obscurus" = Schizodus obscurus Sowerby 1821 clam
"Schizodus obscurus" = Schizodus obscurus Sowerby 1821 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Byssoarca striata" = Parallelodon striatus
"Byssoarca striata" = Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Mytilus squamosus" = Liebea squamosa
"Mytilus squamosus" = Liebea squamosa Sowerby 1829 clam
Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Epithyris elongata" = Dielasma elongatum
"Epithyris elongata" = Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816