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: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. Sedgwick in 1821
Primary reference: J. d. C. Sowerby. 1824. No. LXXXII 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 5:115-130 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116169: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Arca tumida n. sp." = Parallelodon striatus
"Arca tumida n. sp." = Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam |