Midderidge (King collection) (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (54.6° N, 1.6° W: paleocoordinates 17.2° N, 14.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Compact limestone over the marl-slate

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: 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 130831: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus horridus" = Horridonia horrida
"Productus horridus" = Horridonia horrida Sowerby 1822
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
"Trigonotreta alata" = Pterospirifer alatus
"Trigonotreta alata" = Pterospirifer alatus von Schlotheim 1813