Maiden Paps North (Loc 5), Tunstall Hills, Durham (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)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Massive reef biolithites interspersed with sheet-like areas and pockets of cream to buff shelly talus

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Localities 2, 5, 6 and 8

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 24086: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 30.07.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Quantitative data from reef talus (loc. 6). Relative abundances (% of fauna) with less the 1 omitted.
unclassified
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Crinoidea
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites ramosus von Schlotheim 1816 Sea lily
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
"Fenestella retiformis" = Rectifenestella retiformis
"Fenestella retiformis" = Rectifenestella retiformis von Schlotheim 1816
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladia sp., "Synocladia virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia
"Synocladia virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia Schlotheim 1820
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis minima Brown 1839 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Mourlonia antrina" = Bradyospira antrina
"Mourlonia antrina" = Bradyospira antrina von Schlotheim 1816 snail
 Trochoidea - Araeonematidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus costatus Brown 1839 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam