Humbleton Hill, Durham (Howse coll) (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Where: 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)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, dolomitic, white, yellow reef rocks

• Hill is composed of porous limestone, full of casts of shells, and marine remains, and has no marks of stratification. Colour, cream-yellow, here and there tinged ochre-yellow, and in one or two points I observed points of peach-blossom red. 51.5% "carbonate of lime", 44.8% "carbonate of magnesia".

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Howse collection, Hancock Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Specimens later figured by Davidson (1858) were as of 1963 in Geological Survey Museum, London.

Primary reference: R. Howse. 1848. A catalogue of the fossils of the Permian system of the counties of Northumberland and Durham. Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club 1:219-264 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 130870: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
""Serpula" minutissima" = Calcitornella minutissima
""Serpula" minutissima" = Calcitornella minutissima Howse 1848
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Polycoeliidae
""Caryophillia" quadrifida n. sp." = Calophyllum columnare
""Caryophillia" quadrifida n. sp." = Calophyllum columnare von Schlotheim 1813 horn coral
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
"Spirorbis" helix1 King 1848
"Spirorbis" omphalotes Goldfuss 1836
Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Productus asperrimus" = Dasyalosia goldfussi, "Productus morrisianus" = Strophalosia morrisiana, "Strophalosia morrisiana" = Strophalosia morrisiana1
"Productus asperrimus" = Dasyalosia goldfussi Münster 1839
"Productus morrisianus" = Strophalosia morrisiana King 1844
"Strophalosia morrisiana" = Strophalosia morrisiana1 King 1844
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus horridus" = Horridonia horrida
"Productus horridus" = Horridonia horrida Sowerby 1822
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Orthis pelargonata" = Streptorhynchus pelargonatus
"Orthis pelargonata" = Streptorhynchus pelargonatus von Schlotheim 1816
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
"Spirifer undulatus" = Pterospirifer alatus
"Spirifer undulatus" = Pterospirifer alatus von Schlotheim 1813
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Spirifer cristatus" = Spiriferellina cristata
"Spirifer cristatus" = Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
"Spirifer multiplicatus" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata
"Spirifer multiplicatus" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata Sowerby 1829
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Atrypa pectenifera" = Cleiothyridina pectinifera
"Atrypa pectenifera" = Cleiothyridina pectinifera Sowerby 1841
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Terebratula corymbosa" = Coledium globulinum, "Terebratula schlotheimii" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi, "Terebratula humbletonensis n. sp." = Stenoscisma humbletonensis
"Terebratula corymbosa" = Coledium globulinum Phillips 1834
"Terebratula schlotheimii" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi von Buch 1835
"Terebratula humbletonensis n. sp." = Stenoscisma humbletonensis Howse 1848
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Terebratula elongata" = Dielasma elongatum
"Terebratula elongata" = Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
"Fenestella flustracea" = Rectifenestella retiformis, "Fenestella antiqua" = Rectifenestella retiformis
"Fenestella flustracea" = Rectifenestella retiformis von Schlotheim 1816
"Fenestella antiqua" = Rectifenestella retiformis von Schlotheim 1816
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
"Fenestella virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia, "Fenestella ramosa" = Synocladia dubia, "Fenestella anceps" = Acanthocladia anceps
"Fenestella virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia Schlotheim 1820
"Fenestella ramosa" = Synocladia dubia Schlotheim 1820
"Fenestella anceps" = Acanthocladia anceps Schlotheim 1820
 Trepostomata - Batostomellidae
"Stenopora ? crassa" = Batostomella crassa
"Stenopora ? crassa" = Batostomella crassa Lonsdale 1845
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solenimya normalis n. sp." = Acharax normalis
"Solenimya normalis n. sp." = Acharax normalis Howse 1848 Awning Clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Avicula keratophaga" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga, "Avicula antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi
"Avicula keratophaga" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga von Schlotheim 1816 oyster
"Avicula antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi Brown 1839 oyster
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
"Pecten pusillus" = Streblopteria pusilla
"Pecten pusillus" = Streblopteria pusilla von Schlotheim 1816 scallop
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
""Tellina" dunelmensis n. sp." = Pterinopecten dunelmensis
""Tellina" dunelmensis n. sp." = Pterinopecten dunelmensis Howse 1848 scallop
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
"Monotis gryphaeoides" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Mytilus acuminatus" = Liebea septifer
"Mytilus acuminatus" = Liebea septifer King 1844 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Arca tumida" = Parallelodon striatus, "Arca loftusiana" = Parallelodon striatus
"Arca tumida" = Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam
"Arca loftusiana" = Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"Sanguinolites elegans" = Dyasmya elegans
"Sanguinolites elegans" = Dyasmya elegans King 1844 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia elongata Howse 1848 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Myoconcha modioliformis" = Stutchburia modioliformis, "Myoconcha costata" = Permophorus costatus
"Myoconcha modioliformis" = Stutchburia modioliformis King 1844 clam
"Myoconcha costata" = Permophorus costatus Brown 1839 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
"Axinus truncatus" = Schizodus truncatus
"Axinus truncatus" = Schizodus truncatus King 1844 clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
"Littorina mancuniensis" = Tunstallia helicina
"Littorina mancuniensis" = Tunstallia helicina von Schlotheim 1820 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
""Turritella" phillipsii" = Loxonema phillipsi
""Turritella" phillipsii" = Loxonema phillipsi Howse 1848 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
"Pleurotomaria nodulosa" = Phymatopleura verneuili
"Pleurotomaria nodulosa" = Phymatopleura verneuili Geinitz 1848 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria sedgwickii" = Bradyospira antrina
"Pleurotomaria sedgwickii" = Bradyospira antrina von Schlotheim 1816 snail
Polyplacophora
 Neoloricata - Cymatochitonidae
"Chiton loftusianus" = Cymatochiton loftusianus2
"Chiton loftusianus" = Cymatochiton loftusianus2 King 1848 chiton
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni Geinitz 1843 nautiloid
Crinoidea
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
"Cyathocrinus ramosus" = Cyathocrinites ramosus1
"Cyathocrinus ramosus" = Cyathocrinites ramosus1 von Schlotheim 1816 Sea lily
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
"Archaeocidaris verneuiliana" = Eotiaris keyserlingi1
"Archaeocidaris verneuiliana" = Eotiaris keyserlingi1 Geinitz 1848 pencil urchin