Stowell Park borehole (P. davoei Zone, O. figulinum Subzone, 844-888ft) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 6.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oistoceras figulinum ammonoid zone, Lower Lias Formation (Lias Group), Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• "Prodactylioceras davoei Zone, Oistoceras figulinum Subzone" (Melville 1956)

•"729ft 3in - 844ft" (Melville 1956)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, sandy shale

• "Mainly grey sandy shale with occasional clay-ironstone nodules" (Green & Melville 1956)

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BGS

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: R. V. Melville. 1956. The Stratigraphical Palaeontology, ammonites excluded, of the Stowell Park borehole. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain 11:67-139 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204121: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 31.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinus jurensis
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae
Androgynoceras artigyrus, Androgynoceras capricornus, "Oistoceras figulinum" = Androgynoceras (Oistoceras) figulinum
Androgynoceras capricornus Schlotheim 1820 ammonite
"Oistoceras figulinum" = Androgynoceras (Oistoceras) figulinum Simpson 1855 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Amberleya subimbricata
Amberleya subimbricata d'Orbigny 1850 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Ryderia) doris
Nuculana (Ryderia) doris d'Orbigny 1849 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo galatea
Palaeoneilo galatea d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya hybrida
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sp.
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya costata
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pronoella intermedia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia truncata
Protocardia truncata Sowerby 1827 cockle
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya sp.
Mactromya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp.
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus scalprum
Modiolus scalprum Sowerby 1821 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pseudopecten aequivalvis" = Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) equivalvis, "Camptonectes lohbergensis" = Pecten lohbergensis
"Pseudopecten aequivalvis" = Pseudopecten (Pseudopecten) equivalvis Sowerby 1816 scallop
"Camptonectes lohbergensis" = Pecten lohbergensis Emerson 1870 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Pseudolimea acuticostata" = Limea acuticostata
"Pseudolimea acuticostata" = Limea acuticostata Münster 1836 file clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp.
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp.
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna moorei
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea sp.
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Cucullaea stricklandi" = Arca stricklandi
"Cucullaea stricklandi" = Arca stricklandi Tate 1870 ark
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon buckmani, Grammatodon insons
Grammatodon insons Melville 1956 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella" cf. minor