Dalton-le-Dale, Durham (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.8° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 14.7° 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: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: King collection, James Mitchell Museum, Galway, Ireland

Primary reference: W. King. 1850. Monograph of the Permian fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society 1-253 [G. Webster/G. Webster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95677: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
"Strophalosia excavata" = Orthothrix excavata, "Strophalosia goldfussi" = Dasyalosia goldfussi, Strophalosia morrisiana
"Strophalosia excavata" = Orthothrix excavata Geinitz 1842
"Strophalosia goldfussi" = Dasyalosia goldfussi Münster 1839
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Productus umbonillatus" = Howseia latirostrata
"Productus umbonillatus" = Howseia latirostrata Howse 1848
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus horridus" = Horridonia horrida
"Productus horridus" = Horridonia horrida Sowerby 1822
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus pelargonatus von Schlotheim 1816
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
"Trigonotreta jonesiana" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata
"Trigonotreta jonesiana" = Paraspiriferina multiplicata Sowerby 1829
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
"Camarophoria globulina" = Coledium globulinum, "Camarophoria multiplicata" = Stenoscisma multiplicatum
"Camarophoria globulina" = Coledium globulinum Phillips 1834
"Camarophoria multiplicata" = Stenoscisma multiplicatum King 1850
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Epithyris elongata" = Dielasma elongatum, "Epithyris sufflata" = Dielasma elongatum
"Epithyris elongata" = Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816
"Epithyris sufflata" = Dielasma elongatum von Schlotheim 1816
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
""Calamopora" mackrothii" = Stenopora mackrothi
""Calamopora" mackrothii" = Stenopora mackrothi Geinitz 1846
shell limestone
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladia anceps, "Synocladia virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia
Acanthocladia anceps Schlotheim 1820
"Synocladia virgulacea" = Synocladia dubia Schlotheim 1820
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
"Fenestella retiformis" = Rectifenestella retiformis
"Fenestella retiformis" = Rectifenestella retiformis von Schlotheim 1816
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni
"Nautilus freieslebeni" = Peripetoceras freieslebeni Geinitz 1843 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria antrina" = Bradyospira antrina
"Pleurotomaria antrina" = Bradyospira antrina von Schlotheim 1816 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
"Pleurotomaria linkiana" = Phymatopleura linkiana
"Pleurotomaria linkiana" = Phymatopleura linkiana King 1850 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Mytilus squamosus" = Liebea squamosa
"Mytilus squamosus" = Liebea squamosa Sowerby 1829 clam
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
"Monotis speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Bakevellia tumida" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi, "Bakevellia antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi
"Bakevellia tumida" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi Brown 1839 oyster
"Bakevellia antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi Brown 1839 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Byssoarca tumida" = Parallelodon striatus
"Byssoarca tumida" = Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
""Scyphia" tuberculata" = Eudea tuberculata
""Scyphia" tuberculata" = Eudea tuberculata King 1848 calcareous sponge