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. 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 109721: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.05.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Strophalosia sp. King 1844 | |
Horridonia horrida Sowerby 1822 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Stenoscisma schlotheimi von Buch 1835 | |
Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816 | |
Stenolaemata | |
"Synocladia virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia
"Synocladia virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia Schlotheim 1820 | |
"Fenestella retiformis" = Rectifenestella retiformis
"Fenestella retiformis" = Rectifenestella retiformis von Schlotheim 1816 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pseudomonotis speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria
"Pseudomonotis speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816 scallop | |
Bakevellia spp. King 1848 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Naticopsis minima Brown 1839 snail | |
Crinoidea | |
Cyathocrinites ramosus von Schlotheim 1816 Sea lily |