Tunstall Hill south, Durham: Wuchiapingian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia speluncaria (Geinitz 1848)
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Janeia normalis (Howse 1848)
Janeia biarmica (de Verneuil 1845)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon striatus (von Schlotheim 1816)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Liebea squamosa (Sowerby 1829)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia binneyi (Brown 1839)
Bakevellia ceratophaga (von Schlotheim 1816)
Bakevellia bicarinata King 1848
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Elimata permiana (King 1850)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria pusilla (von Schlotheim 1816)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus obscurus (Sowerby 1821)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella tunstallensis (King 1850)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus costatus (Brown 1839)
Stutchburia modioliformis (King 1844)
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia elegans (King 1844)
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia elongata Howse 1848
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Tyne and Wear
Coordinates: 54.9° North, 1.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.4° North, 14.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Lopingian
Stage: Wuchiapingian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
Key time interval: Wuchiapingian
Age range of interval: 259.51 - 254.14 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ford
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:112855
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-07-17 11:32:42 Last modified:2019-03-23 14:03:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-07-17 11:32:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27334. A. Logan. 1967. The Permian Bivalvia of northern England. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 121(518):1-72 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]