Fallowfield, Manchester (Permian of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.4° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 15.9° N, 14.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Manchester Marl Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Manchester Museum

Primary reference: J. Pattison. 1970. A review of the marine fossils from the Upper Permian rocks of Northern Ireland and north-west England. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain 32:123-165 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 208894: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
"cf. Discina konincki" = Orbiculoidea konincki
"cf. Discina konincki" = Orbiculoidea konincki Geinitz 1848
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
"? Glyptospira helicina" = Tunstallia helicina
"? Glyptospira helicina" = Tunstallia helicina von Schlotheim 1820 snail
Probably Fallowfield
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
? Coelostylina leighi Brown 1839 snail
Probably Fallowfield
? Coelostylina obtusa Brown 1839 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis minima Brown 1839 snail
Probably Fallowfield
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Tubulites permianus
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