Maiden Paps North (Loc 5), Tunstall Hills, Durham: Wuchiapingian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis minima (Brown 1839)
1 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Araeonematidae
Yunnania tunstallensis
2 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Mourlonia antrina (von Schlotheim 1816)
2 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus costatus (Brown 1839)
1 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon striatus (von Schlotheim 1816)
9 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp. King 1848
18 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina cristata (von Schlotheim 1816)
4 %-specimens
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma elongatum (von Schlotheim 1816)
40 %-specimens
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae
Dyscritella columnaris
1 %-specimens
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella retiformis (von Schlotheim 1816)
4 %-specimens
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladia sp. King 1849
6 %-specimens
Synocladia virgulacea (Phillips 1829)
5 %-specimens
Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites ramosus (von Schlotheim 1816)
1 %-specimens
unclassified
informal Stromatolite indet.
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 54.9° North, 1.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.4° North, 14.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Lopingian
Stage: Wuchiapingian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
*Period:Late/Upper Permian *Local age/stage:Zechstein
Key time interval: Wuchiapingian
Age range of interval: 259.51 - 254.14 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ford
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:dolomitic,red or brown lithified "reef rocks"
Secondary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified grainstone
Lithology description: Massive reef biolithites interspersed with sheet-like areas and pockets of cream to buff shelly talus
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Bioerosion:none
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Localities 2, 5, 6 and 8
Taxonomic list comments:Quantitative data from reef talus (loc. 6). Relative abundances (% of fauna) with less the 1 omitted.
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 135
Database number:24086
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-30 01:40:27 Last modified:2018-12-13 13:05:11
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-30 01:40:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6813. 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]