Silksworth, Durham (King collection) (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (54.9° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 14.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• 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

Preservation: mold/impression

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 130772: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Reteporinidae
"Phyllopora ehrenbergi" = Kingopora ehrenbergi
"Phyllopora ehrenbergi" = Kingopora ehrenbergi Geinitz 1846
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Bakevellia antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi
"Bakevellia antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi Brown 1839 oyster
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
"Monotis speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Mytilus squamosus" = Liebea squamosa
"Mytilus squamosus" = Liebea squamosa Sowerby 1829 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Pleurophorus costatus" = Permophorus costatus
"Pleurophorus costatus" = Permophorus costatus Brown 1839 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus truncatus King 1844 clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
"Turbo permianus" = Tunstallia helicina
"Turbo permianus" = Tunstallia helicina von Schlotheim 1820 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria antrina" = Bradyospira antrina
"Pleurotomaria antrina" = Bradyospira antrina von Schlotheim 1816 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
""Natica" leibnitziana" = Naticopsis minima
""Natica" leibnitziana" = Naticopsis minima Brown 1839 snail
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni Geinitz 1843 nautiloid
Crinoidea
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
"Cyathocrinus ramosus" = Cyathocrinites ramosus
"Cyathocrinus ramosus" = Cyathocrinites ramosus von Schlotheim 1816 Sea lily