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
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by Adam Sedgwick
Primary reference: A. Sedgwick. 1829. On the geological relations and internal structure of the Magnesian Limestone, and the lower portions of the New Red Sandstone Series in their range through Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, and Durham, to the southern extremity of Northumberland. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 2 3(1):37-124 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117880: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Arca tumida" = Parallelodon striatus
"Arca tumida" = Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam | |
Strophomenata | |
"Spirifer minutus" = Streptorhynchus pelargonatus
"Spirifer minutus" = Streptorhynchus pelargonatus von Schlotheim 1816 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spirifer multiplicatus" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata
"Spirifer multiplicatus" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata Sowerby 1829 | |
Cleiothyridina pectinifera2 Sowerby 1841 | |
"Epithyris elongata" = Dielasma elongatum1
"Epithyris elongata" = Dielasma elongatum1 von Schlotheim 1816 | |
"? Camarophoria schlotheimi" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi1
"? Camarophoria schlotheimi" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi1 von Buch 1835 |