Tynemouth Abbey cliff (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Where: Durham, United Kingdom (55.0° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 14.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified breccia

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 130771: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria antrina" = Bradyospira antrina
"Pleurotomaria antrina" = Bradyospira antrina von Schlotheim 1816 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
"Monotis speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816 scallop
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
"Pecten pusillus" = Streblopteria pusilla
"Pecten pusillus" = Streblopteria pusilla von Schlotheim 1816 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Bakevellia ceratophaga" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga
"Bakevellia ceratophaga" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga von Schlotheim 1816 oyster
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Pleurophorus costatus" = Permophorus costatus
"Pleurophorus costatus" = Permophorus costatus Brown 1839 clam
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus horridus" = Horridonia horrida
"Productus horridus" = Horridonia horrida Sowerby 1822
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Strophalosia morrisiana, "Strophalosia goldfussi" = Dasyalosia goldfussi, "Strophalosia excavata" = Orthothrix excavata
"Strophalosia goldfussi" = Dasyalosia goldfussi Münster 1839
"Strophalosia excavata" = Orthothrix excavata Geinitz 1842
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria globulina" = Coledium globulinum, "Camarophoria schlotheimi" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi
"Camarophoria globulina" = Coledium globulinum Phillips 1834
"Camarophoria schlotheimi" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi von Buch 1835
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Trigonotreta cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata
"Trigonotreta cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
"Trigonotreta undulata" = Pterospirifer alatus
"Trigonotreta undulata" = Pterospirifer alatus von Schlotheim 1813
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Cleiothyris pectinifera" = Cleiothyridina pectinifera
"Cleiothyris pectinifera" = Cleiothyridina pectinifera Sowerby 1841
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Epithyris elongata" = Dielasma elongatum, "Epithyris sufflata" = Dielasma elongatum
"Epithyris elongata" = Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816
"Epithyris sufflata" = Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladia anceps, "Synocladia virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia
Acanthocladia anceps Schlotheim 1820
"Synocladia virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia Schlotheim 1820
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
"Fenestella retiformis" = Rectifenestella retiformis
"Fenestella retiformis" = Rectifenestella retiformis von Schlotheim 1816
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Crinoidea
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
"Cyathocrinus ramosus" = Cyathocrinites ramosus
"Cyathocrinus ramosus" = Cyathocrinites ramosus von Schlotheim 1816 Sea lily