Tunstall Hill, Durham (King collection): Wuchiapingian, United Kingdom
collected by King

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida
Bothroconis plana n. gen., n. sp. King 1850
unclassified
"Tragos" tunstallensis n. sp. King 1850
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Euomphalus permianus n. sp. King 1848
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
Turbo helicinus (von Schlotheim 1820)
(1 measurement)
Turbo permianus King 1848
Turbo mancuniensis Brown 1839
(1 measurement)
Turbo thomsonianus King 1848
(1 measurement)
"Turbo" taylorianus King 1850
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
"Natica" leibnitziana King 1848
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
"Loxonema" swedenborgiana King 1850
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"Loxonema" fasciata King 1848
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Pleurotomaria nodulosa King 1844
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Pleurotomaria antrina (von Schlotheim 1816)
(1 measurement)
Pleurotomaria tunstallensis n. sp. King 1848
(2 measurements)
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Macrocheilus symmetricus King 1844
(1 measurement)
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Nautilus freieslebeni Geinitz 1843
Nautilus bowerbankianus King 1850
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Janeia biarmica (de Verneuil 1845)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte tunstallensis n. sp. King 1850
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia murchisoniana King 1848
(2 measurements)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Pleurophorus costatus (Brown 1839)
(2 measurements)
Cardiomorpha modioliformis (King 1844)
(5 measurements)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus truncatus (King 1844)
(2 measurements)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Byssoarca striata (von Schlotheim 1816)
Byssoarca kingiana (de Verneuil 1845)
(2 measurements)
    = Parallelodon striatus von Schlotheim 1816
Logan 1967
Byssoarca tumida (Sowerby 1824)
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Mytilus squamosus Sowerby 1829
(2 measurements)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Pecten pusillus (von Schlotheim 1816)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Monotis speluncaria (von Schlotheim 1816)
(4 measurements)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia ceratophaga (von Schlotheim 1816)
(3 measurements)
Bakevellia tumida (King 1844)
Bakevellia antiqua (Muenster 1836)
(3 measurements)
Bakevellia bicarinata n. sp. King 1848
(2 measurements)
Bivalvia
Bakevellia sedgwickiana n. sp. King 1848
(3 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Productus horridus Sowerby 1822
Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Productus umbonillatus King 1848
(2 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae
Strophalosia excavata (Geinitz 1842)
Strophalosia morrisiana King 1844
(5 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Camarophoria globulina (Phillips 1834)
(1 measurement)
Camarophoria schlotheimi (von Buch 1835)
(9 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
Trigonotreta undulata (Sowerby 1827)
(1 measurement)
"Trigonotreta" permiana (King 1848)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Trigonotreta cristata (von Schlotheim 1816)
(3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
Trigonotreta multiplicata (Sowerby 1829)
(2 measurements)
Trigonotreta jonesiana King 1850
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Epithyris elongata (von Schlotheim 1816)
(3 measurements)
Epithyris sufflata (von Schlotheim 1816)
(2 measurements)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Discina speluncaria (Schlotheim 1832)
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
"Stenopora" columnaris
"Calamopora" mackrothii Geinitz 1846
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella retiformis (von Schlotheim 1816)
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladia anceps (Schlotheim 1820)
Thamniscus dubius (Schlotheim 1820)
Synocladia virgulacea (Phillips 1829)
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Reteporinidae
Phyllopora ehrenbergi (Geinitz 1846)
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
Archaeocidaris verneuiliana (King 1848)
Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinus ramosus (von Schlotheim 1816)
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
"Vermilia" obscura (King 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
Stratigraphy comments: Sometimes referred to as "Shell(y)-limestone" or "Magnesian Limestone" or "Shelly Magnesian limestone"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified grainstone
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:King
Collection method comments: Repository: King collection, James Mitchell Museum, Galway, Ireland
Metadata
Database number:130766
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-07-13 08:52:22 Last modified:2019-04-04 21:47:15
Access level:the public Released:2012-07-13 08:52:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

21336. W. King. 1850. Monograph of the Permian fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society 1-253 [G. Webster/G. Webster]

Secondary references:

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