Collyhurst, Manchester (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (53.5° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 14.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Equivalent of "Magnesian Limestone"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Binney

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 130849: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon cf. striatus von Schlotheim 1816 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Bakevellia antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi
"Bakevellia antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi Brown 1839 oyster