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
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 130872: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Solenimya abnormis" = Dystactella biarmica
"Solenimya abnormis" = Dystactella biarmica de Verneuil 1845 Awning Clam | |
"Axinus truncatus" = Schizodus truncatus
"Axinus truncatus" = Schizodus truncatus King 1844 clam | |
"Myoconcha modioliformis" = Stutchburia modioliformis, "Myoconcha costata" = Permophorus costatus
"Myoconcha modioliformis" = Stutchburia modioliformis King 1844 clam
"Myoconcha costata" = Permophorus costatus Brown 1839 clam | |
"Mytilus acuminatus" = Liebea septifer
"Mytilus acuminatus" = Liebea septifer King 1844 clam | |
"Avicula antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi
"Avicula antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi Brown 1839 oyster | |
"Monotis gryphaeoides" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria
"Monotis gryphaeoides" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816 scallop | |
"Arca tumida" = Parallelodon striatus
"Arca tumida" = Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni Geinitz 1843 | |
Polyplacophora | |
"Chiton loftusianus" = Cymatochiton loftusianus
"Chiton loftusianus" = Cymatochiton loftusianus King 1848 chiton | |
Gastropoda | |
"Littorina minima" = Naticopsis minima
"Littorina minima" = Naticopsis minima Brown 1839 snail | |
"Littorina mancuniensis" = Tunstallia helicina
"Littorina mancuniensis" = Tunstallia helicina von Schlotheim 1820 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria sedgwickii" = Bradyospira antrina
| |
"Eulima symmetrica" = Meekospira symmetrica
"Eulima symmetrica" = Meekospira symmetrica King 1844 snail | |
Stenolaemata | |
"Retepora lonsdalii" = Kingopora ehrenbergi
"Retepora lonsdalii" = Kingopora ehrenbergi Geinitz 1846 | |
"Fenestella virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia
"Fenestella virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia Schlotheim 1820 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula elongata" = Dielasma elongatum
"Terebratula elongata" = Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816 | |
"Terebratula schlotheimii" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi
"Terebratula schlotheimii" = Stenoscisma schlotheimi von Buch 1835 | |
"Spirifer multiplicatus" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata
"Spirifer multiplicatus" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata Sowerby 1829 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Orthis pelargonata" = Streptorhynchus pelargonatus
"Orthis pelargonata" = Streptorhynchus pelargonatus von Schlotheim 1816 |