Castle Eden Dene, Durham (King collection) (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (54.8° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.3° N, 14.7° 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: lithified carbonate

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 130773: 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
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Bakevellia antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi
"Bakevellia antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi Brown 1839 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Epithyris elongata" = Dielasma elongatum, "Epithyris sufflata" = Dielasma elongatum
"Epithyris elongata" = Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816
"Epithyris sufflata" = Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816
Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Strophalosia goldfussi" = Dasyalosia goldfussi
"Strophalosia goldfussi" = Dasyalosia goldfussi Münster 1839
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
"Thamniscus dubius" = Synocladia dubia, Acanthocladia anceps
"Thamniscus dubius" = Synocladia dubia Schlotheim 1820
Acanthocladia anceps Schlotheim 1820