Ferry Bridge (Sedgwick collection) (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Ferrybridge

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.7° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 16.3° N, 14.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

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 117892: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Mytilus squamosus n. sp." = Liebea squamosa
"Mytilus squamosus n. sp." = Liebea squamosa Sowerby 1829 clam