Where: England, United Kingdom (54.9° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 17.5° 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: perireef or subreef; lithified grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. Hollingworth and T. Pettigrew. 1988. Zechstein reef fossils and their palaeoecology. Palaeontological Association Field Guides to Fossils 3:1-75 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 109720: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.05.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
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Schizodus obscurus Sowerby 1821 clam | |
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Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster | |
"Pseudomonotis speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria
"Pseudomonotis speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816 scallop | |
"Streblochondria pusilla" = Streblopteria pusilla
"Streblochondria pusilla" = Streblopteria pusilla von Schlotheim 1816 scallop | |
|
Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Mourlonia antrina" = Bradyospira antrina
"Mourlonia antrina" = Bradyospira antrina von Schlotheim 1816 snail | |
| Stenolaemata | |
|
Rectifenestella retiformis von Schlotheim 1816 | |
|
Acanthocladia sp. King 1849
Synocladia dubia Schlotheim 1820 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
|
Dielasma sp. King 1856 | |
|
Pterospirifer alatus von Schlotheim 1813 | |
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Stenoscisma schlotheimi von Buch 1835 | |
|
Cleiothyridina pectinifera Sowerby 1841 | |
| Strophomenata | |
|
Horridonia horrida Sowerby 1822 | |
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Strophalosia sp. King 1844 | |