Claxheugh Rock section, blocks from Middle Magnesian Limestone (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Where: Durham, United Kingdom (54.9° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 17.5° N, 14.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-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

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 161490: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
"Spiriferina cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata
"Spiriferina cristata" = Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
"Pseudomonotis speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria
"Pseudomonotis speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Bakevellia antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi, "Bakevellia ceratophaga" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga
"Bakevellia antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi Brown 1839 oyster
"Bakevellia ceratophaga" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga von Schlotheim 1816 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Byssoarca striata" = Parallelodon striatus
"Byssoarca striata" = Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam