Tunstall Hill south, 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: A. Logan. 1967. The Permian Bivalvia of northern England. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 121(518):1-72 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112855: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Janeia normalis" = Acharax normalis, "Janeia biarmica" = Dystactella biarmica
"Janeia normalis" = Acharax normalis Howse 1848 Awning Clam
"Janeia biarmica" = Dystactella biarmica de Verneuil 1845 Awning Clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia speluncaria Geinitz 1848 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia elongata Howse 1848 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"Wilkingia elegans" = Dyasmya elegans
"Wilkingia elegans" = Dyasmya elegans King 1844 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus costatus Brown 1839 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus obscurus Sowerby 1821 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Liebea squamosa Sowerby 1829 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Bakevellia ceratophaga" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga von Schlotheim 1816 oyster
"Bakevellia binneyi" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi Brown 1839 oyster
Bakevellia bicarinata King 1848 oyster
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
"Streblochondria pusilla" = Streblopteria pusilla
"Streblochondria pusilla" = Streblopteria pusilla von Schlotheim 1816 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Elimata permiana King 1850 file clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam