Ford Lime Quarry, above Chonetes woolacotti (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (54.9° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 17.5° 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: lithified, yellow dolomite

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Trechmann; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: C. T. Trechmann. 1945. On some new Permian fossils from the Magnesian Limestone near Sunderland. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 100:333-354 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161470: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
"Pecten sericeus" = Streblochondria sericea
"Pecten sericeus" = Streblochondria sericea de Verneuil 1845 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Bakevellia ceratophaga" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga
"Bakevellia ceratophaga" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga von Schlotheim 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
"Avicula pinnaeformis" = Aviculopinna pinnaeformis
"Avicula pinnaeformis" = Aviculopinna pinnaeformis Geinitz 1848 oyster
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Pleurophorus costatus" = Permophorus costatus
"Pleurophorus costatus" = Permophorus costatus Brown 1839 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
""Panopaea" lunulata" = Wilkingia lunulata
""Panopaea" lunulata" = Wilkingia lunulata Keyserling 1846 clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
"Cleidophorus" hollebeni Geinitz 1861 clam
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes kirkbyi n. sp." = Neochonetes (Zechiella) kirkbyi
"Chonetes kirkbyi n. sp." = Neochonetes (Zechiella) kirkbyi Trechmann 1945
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Strophalosia sp. King 1844
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria ? purdoni" = Stenoscisma purdoni
"Camarophoria ? purdoni" = Stenoscisma purdoni Davidson 1862
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
"Serpula" schubarthi von Schauroth 1854
"Serpula" planorbites Geinitz 1843