Stowell Park borehole (U. jamesi Zone, T. masseanum Subzone, 1215-1224ft) (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: Tropidoceras masseanum ammonoid zone, Lower Lias Formation (Lias Group), Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• "Uptonia jamesi Zone, Tropidoceras masseanum Subzone" (Melville 1956)

•"1215ft - 1224ft" (Melville 1956)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray mudstone

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 204126: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 31.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Tropiorhynchia thalia" = Piarorhynchia thalia
"Tropiorhynchia thalia" = Piarorhynchia thalia d'Orbigny 1850
Lingulata
 Discinida - Disciniidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Nuculana (Ryderia) graphica" = Ryderia
"Nuculana (Ryderia) graphica" = Ryderia clam
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus ventricosus" = Parainoceramya ventricosa
"Inoceramus ventricosus" = Parainoceramya ventricosa Sowerby 1823 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Coelodiscidae
Coelodiscus minutus Schubler 1833 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
"Procerithium slatteri" = Cryptaulax slatteri
"Procerithium slatteri" = Cryptaulax slatteri Tate 1870 snail
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Passaloteuthididae
Angeloteuthis michael Lang 1928 belemnite
 Belemnitida - Hastitidae
Hastites sp. Meyer-Eymar 1883 belemnite
 Ammonitida - Cymbitidae
"Metacymbites sp." = Cymbites
"Metacymbites sp." = Cymbites Neumayr 1878 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
Acanthopleuroceras arietiforme Oppel 1853 ammonite
Tropidoceras calliplocoides Spath 1923 ammonite
Tropidoceras ellipticum Sowerby 1815 ammonite