Claxheugh Railway Cutting 2, Sunderland (Permian of the United Kingdom)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ford Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified dolomite

• Backreef

Size class: macrofossils

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 89578: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.06.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Liebea squamosa
Liebea squamosa Sowerby 1829 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp.
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina cristata
Spiriferellina cristata von Schlotheim 1816
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma elongatum
Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816