Stowell Park borehole (E. raricostatum Zone, M. aplanatum Subzone, 1299-1359ft) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 4.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Metechioceras aplanatum ammonoid zone, Lower Lias Formation (Lias Group), Late/Upper Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• "Echioceras raricostatum Zone, Metechioceras aplanatum Subzone" (Melville 1956)

•"1299ft - 1359ft" (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 204130: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 31.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
"Tubellites sp." = Gemmellaroceras
"Tubellites sp." = Gemmellaroceras Hyatt 1900 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae
"Eoderoceras miles" = Eoderoceras armatum
"Eoderoceras miles" = Eoderoceras armatum Sowerby 1815 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oxynoticeratidae
Gleviceras sp.
Gleviceras sp. Buckman 1918 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Echioceratidae
"Paltechioceras sp." = Paltechioceras, "Metechioceras sp." = Paltechioceras
"Paltechioceras sp." = Paltechioceras Buckman 1924 ammonite
"Metechioceras sp." = Paltechioceras Buckman 1924 ammonite
 Belemnitida -
Nannobelus sp.
Nannobelus sp. belemnite
 Belemnitida - Passaloteuthididae
? Pseudohastites sp.
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon cf. pulchellus, Parallelodon caprinus
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp., "Grammatodon intermedius" = Arca (Cucullaea) intermedia
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
"Grammatodon intermedius" = Arca (Cucullaea) intermedia Simpson 1855 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea suilla
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. carixensis
Pteria cf. carixensis Cox 1928 pearl oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pseudopecten priscus, Camptonectes sp., Chlamys sp., Chlamys aff. rollei
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Chlamys aff. rollei Stoliczka 1861 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma papyria, "Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Antiquilima) sp." = Antiquilima, Pseudolimea pectinoides, "Lima (Plagiostoma) aff. gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum
"Lima (Antiquilima) sp." = Antiquilima Cox 1943 file clam
Pseudolimea pectinoides Sowerby 1815 file clam
"Lima (Plagiostoma) aff. gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Trigonia" sp.
"Trigonia" sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp., ? Arcomya sp.
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
? Arcomya sp. Agassiz 1838 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Tutcheria cingulata
Tutcheria cingulata Goldfuss 1836 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte cf. boum, Astarte camertonensis, Astarte gueuxii
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Ryderia) doris
Nuculana (Ryderia) doris d'Orbigny 1849 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo oviformis, Palaeoneilo galatea
Palaeoneilo oviformis Eck 1865 clam
Palaeoneilo galatea d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Nuculana (Ryderia) graphica" = Ryderia
"Nuculana (Ryderia) graphica" = Ryderia clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Rollieria bronni, Rollieria sp.
Rollieria sp. Cossmann 1920 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula (Palaeonucula) navis" = Palaeonucula navis
"Nucula (Palaeonucula) navis" = Palaeonucula navis Piette 1868 nut clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Cincta cf. paupercula, Cincta cf. nummosa
Cincta cf. paupercula Buckman 1907
Cincta cf. nummosa Buckman 1907
 Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Lobothyris sp.
Lobothyris sp. Buckman 1917