Tunstall Hill, Durham (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.9° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 14.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ford Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N.T.J. Hollingworth and M. J. Barker. 1991. Gastropods from the Upper Permian Zechstein (Cycle 1) reef of north-east England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 48(4):347-365 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109718: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.05.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polyplacophora
 Chitonida - Chitonidae
"Chiton" howseanus n. sp.1 Kirkby 1857 chiton
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"Streptacis geinitziana" = Loxonema phillipsi
"Streptacis geinitziana" = Loxonema phillipsi Howse 1848 snail
 Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Anomphalus permianus King 1848 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira symmetrica King 1844 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina gibsoni Brown 1839 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima permiana" = Elimata permiana1
"Lima permiana" = Elimata permiana1 King 1850 file clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Terebratula elongata" = Dielasma elongatum1
"Terebratula elongata" = Dielasma elongatum1 von Schlotheim 1816
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Synocladia dubia2 Schlotheim 1820
 Cyclostomata - Corynotrypidae
"Hippothoa voigtiana" = Corynotrypa voigtiana1
"Hippothoa voigtiana" = Corynotrypa voigtiana1 King 1850
Malacostraca
 Isopoda - Palaeophreatoicidae
"Prosoponiscus problematicus" = Palaeocrangon problematicus1
"Prosoponiscus problematicus" = Palaeocrangon problematicus1 Schlotheim 1820 isopod