Rock Cottage (Loc 3), Tunstall Hills, Reef Base (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Reef 135

Where: England, 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)

• Total thickness of 7 m exposed.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone

• Undolomitized basal coquina.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

• Localities 1 and 3

Primary reference: N. Hollingworth and T. Pettigrew. 1988. Zechstein reef fossils and their palaeoecology. Palaeontological Association Field Guides to Fossils 3:1-75 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24085: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 30.07.2002, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Quantitative data from locality 3. Stated in text and shown in small figure. Relative abundances less than 1% omitted.
unclassified
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Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
"Miocidaris keyserlingi" = Eotiaris keyserlingi
"Miocidaris keyserlingi" = Eotiaris keyserlingi Geinitz 1848 pencil urchin
Crinoidea
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites ramosus von Schlotheim 1816 Sea lily
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
Tunstallia helicina von Schlotheim 1820 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina gibsoni Brown 1839 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira symmetrica King 1844 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Mourlonia antrina" = Bradyospira antrina
"Mourlonia antrina" = Bradyospira antrina von Schlotheim 1816 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Phymatopleura verneuili Geinitz 1848 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"Streptacis geinitziana" = Loxonema phillipsi
"Streptacis geinitziana" = Loxonema phillipsi Howse 1848 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis minima Brown 1839 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Liebea squamosa Sowerby 1829 clam
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
"Streblochondria pusilla" = Streblopteria pusilla
"Streblochondria pusilla" = Streblopteria pusilla von Schlotheim 1816 scallop
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
"Pseudomonotis speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria
"Pseudomonotis speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia elongata Howse 1848 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus costatus Brown 1839 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus obscurus Sowerby 1821 clam
Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Strophalosia sp. King 1844
 Productida - Productidae
Horridonia horrida Sowerby 1822
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus pelargonatus von Schlotheim 1816
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
Pterospirifer alatus von Schlotheim 1813
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladia sp., "Synocladia virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia
"Synocladia virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia Schlotheim 1820
 Cryptostomata - Reteporinidae
Kingopora ehrenbergi Geinitz 1846
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
"Fenestella retiformis" = Rectifenestella retiformis
"Fenestella retiformis" = Rectifenestella retiformis von Schlotheim 1816