Tunstall Hill, shell limestone, Durham (Kirkby collection) (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: perireef or subreef; lithified grainstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Kirkby

• Repository: not stated

Primary reference: J. W. Kirkby. 1859. On the Permian Chitonidae. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 15:607-626 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110500: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.06.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Australothecidae
"? Theca kirkbyi n. sp." = Australotheca kirkbyi4
"? Theca kirkbyi n. sp." = Australotheca kirkbyi4 Howse 1857
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
"Spirifera alata" = Pterospirifer alatus1
"Spirifera alata" = Pterospirifer alatus1 von Schlotheim 1813
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Martinia clannyana" = Crurithyris clannyana2
"Martinia clannyana" = Crurithyris clannyana2 King 1848
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Spiriferina cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata1
"Spiriferina cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata1 von Schlotheim 1816
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
"Spiriferina multiplicata" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata1
"Spiriferina multiplicata" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata1 Sowerby 1829
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria globulina" = Coledium globulinum1, "Camarophoria schlotheimi" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi1
"Camarophoria globulina" = Coledium globulinum1 Phillips 1834
"Camarophoria schlotheimi" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi1 von Buch 1835
Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Strophalosia goldfussi" = Dasyalosia goldfussi1, "Strophalosia lamellosa" = Craspedalosia lamellosa1
"Strophalosia goldfussi" = Dasyalosia goldfussi1 Münster 1839
"Strophalosia lamellosa" = Craspedalosia lamellosa1 Geinitz 1848
var. morrisiana
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Productus latirostratus" = Howseia latirostrata1
"Productus latirostratus" = Howseia latirostrata1 Howse 1848
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus horridus" = Horridonia horrida1
"Productus horridus" = Horridonia horrida1 Sowerby 1822
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus pelargonatus1
Streptorhynchus pelargonatus1 von Schlotheim 1816
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Crania kirkbyi n. sp.1
Crania kirkbyi n. sp.1 Davidson 1858
Polyplacophora
 Multiplacophora - Strobilepidae
"Chitonellus antiquus" = Diadeloplax antiqua, "Chitonellus hancockianus n. sp." = Diadeloplax antiqua, "Chitonellus distortus n. sp." = Diadeloplax antiqua
"Chitonellus antiquus" = Diadeloplax antiqua Howse 1848 chiton
"Chitonellus hancockianus n. sp." = Diadeloplax antiqua Howse 1848 chiton
"Chitonellus distortus n. sp." = Diadeloplax antiqua Howse 1848 chiton
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solemya normalis" = Acharax normalis3
"Solemya normalis" = Acharax normalis3 Howse 1848 Awning Clam
1Davidson 1858; 2Howse 1857; 3Howse 1857; 4Howse 1857