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)
• Higher bed of yellow Magnesian limestone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collected by Adam Sedgwick in 1821
Primary reference: J. d. C. Sowerby. 1827. No. XCVI of the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain 6:109-120 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116168: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni1
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Gastropoda | |
"? Pleurotomaria antrina" = Bradyospira antrina1
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Bivalvia | |
"Bakevellia ceratophaga" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga1
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"Avicula gryphaeoides n. sp." = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria2, "Monotis radialis" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria1
"Avicula gryphaeoides n. sp." = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria2 von Schlotheim 1816 scallop | |
"Pecten pusillus" = Streblopteria pusilla1
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"Modiola acuminata" = Liebea septifer2
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Rhynchonellata | |
"Atrypa pectinifera n. sp." = Cleiothyridina pectinifera3
"Atrypa pectinifera n. sp." = Cleiothyridina pectinifera3 Sowerby 1841 | |
"Spirifer multiplicatus" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata2
"Spirifer multiplicatus" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata2 Sowerby 1829 | |
""Spirifer" undulatus" = Pterospirifer alatus2
""Spirifer" undulatus" = Pterospirifer alatus2 von Schlotheim 1813 | |
"? Camarophoria schlotheimi" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi1
"? Camarophoria schlotheimi" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi1 von Buch 1835 | |
"Epithyris elongata" = Dielasma elongatum1
"Epithyris elongata" = Dielasma elongatum1 von Schlotheim 1816 | |
Strophomenata | |
? Strophalosia morrisiana1 King 1844 | |
"Producta horrida" = Horridonia horrida2 Sowerby 1822 | |
"Spirifer minutus" = Streptorhynchus pelargonatus2
"Spirifer minutus" = Streptorhynchus pelargonatus2 von Schlotheim 1816 | |
Stenolaemata | |
"Retepora flustracea n. sp." = Rectifenestella retiformis2
"Retepora flustracea n. sp." = Rectifenestella retiformis2 von Schlotheim 1816 | |
"Retepora virgulacea n. sp." = Synocladia dubia2
"Retepora virgulacea n. sp." = Synocladia dubia2 Schlotheim 1820 | |
Crinoidea | |
"Cyathocrinites planus" = Cyathocrinites ramosus2
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