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)
• Sometimes referred to as "Shell(y)-limestone" or "Magnesian Limestone" or "Shelly Magnesian limestone"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by King
• Repository: King collection, James Mitchell Museum, Galway, Ireland
Primary reference: W. King. 1850. Monograph of the Permian fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society 1-253 [G. Webster/G. Webster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 130766: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Bothroconis plana n. gen. n. sp.
Bothroconis plana n. gen. n. sp. King 1850 glass sponge | |
Tragos | |
"Tragos" tunstallensis n. sp.
"Tragos" tunstallensis n. sp. King 1850 | |
Echinoidea | |
"Archaeocidaris verneuiliana" = Eotiaris keyserlingi
"Archaeocidaris verneuiliana" = Eotiaris keyserlingi Geinitz 1848 pencil urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
"Cyathocrinus ramosus" = Cyathocrinites ramosus
"Cyathocrinus ramosus" = Cyathocrinites ramosus von Schlotheim 1816 Sea lily | |
Stenolaemata | |
"Stenopora" columnaris, ""Calamopora" mackrothii" = Stenopora mackrothi
""Calamopora" mackrothii" = Stenopora mackrothi Geinitz 1846 | |
"Fenestella retiformis" = Rectifenestella retiformis
"Fenestella retiformis" = Rectifenestella retiformis von Schlotheim 1816 | |
"Phyllopora ehrenbergi" = Kingopora ehrenbergi
"Phyllopora ehrenbergi" = Kingopora ehrenbergi Geinitz 1846 | |
Acanthocladia anceps, "Thamniscus dubius" = Synocladia dubia, "Synocladia virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia
Acanthocladia anceps Schlotheim 1820
"Thamniscus dubius" = Synocladia dubia Schlotheim 1820
"Synocladia virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia Schlotheim 1820 | |
Lingulata | |
"Discina speluncaria" = Orbiculoidea konincki
"Discina speluncaria" = Orbiculoidea konincki Geinitz 1848 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Trigonotreta cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata
"Trigonotreta cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816 | |
"Trigonotreta multiplicata" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata, "Trigonotreta jonesiana" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata
"Trigonotreta multiplicata" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata Sowerby 1829
"Trigonotreta jonesiana" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata Sowerby 1829 | |
"Epithyris elongata" = Dielasma elongatum, "Epithyris sufflata" = Dielasma elongatum
"Epithyris elongata" = Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816
"Epithyris sufflata" = Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816 | |
"Camarophoria schlotheimi" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi, "Camarophoria globulina" = Coledium globulinum
"Camarophoria schlotheimi" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi von Buch 1835
"Camarophoria globulina" = Coledium globulinum Phillips 1834 | |
"Trigonotreta undulata" = Pterospirifer alatus, ""Trigonotreta" permiana" = Pterospirifer alatus
"Trigonotreta undulata" = Pterospirifer alatus von Schlotheim 1813
""Trigonotreta" permiana" = Pterospirifer alatus von Schlotheim 1813 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Productus horridus" = Horridonia horrida
"Productus horridus" = Horridonia horrida Sowerby 1822 | |
"Strophalosia excavata" = Orthothrix excavata, Strophalosia morrisiana
"Strophalosia excavata" = Orthothrix excavata Geinitz 1842
Strophalosia morrisiana King 1844 | |
"Productus umbonillatus" = Howseia latirostrata
"Productus umbonillatus" = Howseia latirostrata Howse 1848 | |
Gastropoda | |
""Natica" leibnitziana" = Naticopsis minima
""Natica" leibnitziana" = Naticopsis minima Brown 1839 snail | |
"Macrocheilus symmetricus" = Meekospira symmetrica
"Macrocheilus symmetricus" = Meekospira symmetrica King 1844 snail | |
"Euomphalus permianus n. sp." = Anomphalus permianus
"Euomphalus permianus n. sp." = Anomphalus permianus King 1848 snail | |
"Turbo helicinus" = Tunstallia helicina, "Turbo permianus" = Tunstallia helicina, "Turbo mancuniensis" = Tunstallia helicina, ""Turbo" taylorianus" = Glyptospira tunstallensis, "Turbo thomsonianus" = Glyptospira tunstallensis
"Turbo helicinus" = Tunstallia helicina von Schlotheim 1820 snail
"Turbo permianus" = Tunstallia helicina von Schlotheim 1820 snail
"Turbo mancuniensis" = Tunstallia helicina von Schlotheim 1820 snail
""Turbo" taylorianus" = Glyptospira tunstallensis Howse 1848 snail
"Turbo thomsonianus" = Glyptospira tunstallensis Howse 1848 snail | |
""Loxonema" swedenborgiana" = Zygopleura roessleri
""Loxonema" swedenborgiana" = Zygopleura roessleri Geinitz 1852 snail | |
""Loxonema" fasciata" = Loxonema fasciatum
""Loxonema" fasciata" = Loxonema fasciatum King 1848 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria nodulosa" = Phymatopleura verneuili
"Pleurotomaria nodulosa" = Phymatopleura verneuili Geinitz 1848 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria antrina" = Bradyospira antrina, "Pleurotomaria tunstallensis n. sp." = Bradyospira antrina
"Pleurotomaria antrina" = Bradyospira antrina von Schlotheim 1816 snail
"Pleurotomaria tunstallensis n. sp." = Bradyospira antrina von Schlotheim 1816 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Astarte tunstallensis n. sp." = Astartella tunstallensis
"Astarte tunstallensis n. sp." = Astartella tunstallensis King 1850 clam | |
"Cardiomorpha modioliformis" = Stutchburia modioliformis, "Pleurophorus costatus" = Permophorus costatus
"Cardiomorpha modioliformis" = Stutchburia modioliformis King 1844 clam
"Pleurophorus costatus" = Permophorus costatus Brown 1839 clam | |
"Edmondia murchisoniana" = Edmondia elongata
"Edmondia murchisoniana" = Edmondia elongata Howse 1848 clam | |
Schizodus truncatus King 1844 clam | |
"Mytilus squamosus" = Liebea squamosa
"Mytilus squamosus" = Liebea squamosa Sowerby 1829 clam | |
"Bakevellia antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi, "Bakevellia tumida" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi, "Bakevellia ceratophaga" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga, Bakevellia bicarinata n. sp.
"Bakevellia antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi Brown 1839 oyster
"Bakevellia tumida" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi Brown 1839 oyster
"Bakevellia ceratophaga" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga von Schlotheim 1816 oyster
Bakevellia bicarinata n. sp. King 1848 oyster | |
"Pecten pusillus" = Streblopteria pusilla
"Pecten pusillus" = Streblopteria pusilla von Schlotheim 1816 scallop | |
"Monotis speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria
"Monotis speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816 scallop | |
"Byssoarca striata" = Parallelodon striatus, "Parallelodon striatus" = Parallelodon striatus, "Byssoarca tumida" = Parallelodon striatus
"Byssoarca striata" = Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam
"Parallelodon striatus" = Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam
"Byssoarca tumida" = Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam | |
"Janeia biarmica" = Dystactella biarmica
"Janeia biarmica" = Dystactella biarmica de Verneuil 1845 Awning Clam | |
"Bakevellia sedgwickiana n. sp." = Gervillia sedgwickiana
"Bakevellia sedgwickiana n. sp." = Gervillia sedgwickiana King 1848 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni, "Nautilus bowerbankianus" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni Geinitz 1843
"Nautilus bowerbankianus" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni Geinitz 1843 | |
Tubothalamea | |
""Vermilia" obscura" = Calcitornella minutissima
""Vermilia" obscura" = Calcitornella minutissima Howse 1848 |