Upware: Middle Oxfordian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Hormogoneae
- Oscillatoriales
- Girvanellaceae
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Girvanella sp.
Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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informal Crustacea indet.
Brünnich 1772
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Pancrustacea | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Nerinellidae
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Nerinella sp.
Sharpe 1849
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Pseudomelania sp.
Pictet and Campiche 1862
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Bourguetia sp.
Deshayes 1871
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Procerithiidae
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Procerithium sp.
Cossmann 1902
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Nododelphinulidae
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Metriomphalus sp.
Cossmann 1916
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Isoarcidae
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Isoarca sp.
Muenster 1842
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Mytilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Lithophaga sp.
Röding 1798
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Nanogyra sp.
Beurlen 1958
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Liostrea sp.
Douvillé 1904
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Gervillella sp.
Waagen 1907
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Palaeolophidae
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Lopha sp.
Röding 1798
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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= Actinostreon sp.
Bayle 1878
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Kiessling 2009 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Lopha (Actinostreon) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Plagiostoma sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Ctenostreon sp.
Eichwald 1862
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys sp.
Röding 1798
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Parallelodon sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia sp.
Gray 1842
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Eonavicula sp.
Arkell 1929
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Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Gastrochaenidae
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Gastrochaena sp.
Spengler 1783
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Gastrochaenopsis sp.
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Hiatella sp.
Daudin 1801
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Praeconia sp.
Stoliczka 1871
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Neocrassina sp.
Fischer 1887
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Opis sp.
Defrance 1824
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Prorokia sp.
Böhm 1883
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Thecideida
- Thecidellinidae
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Moorellina sp.
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
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Terebratula sp.
Müller 1776
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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= Terebratulida indet.
Waagen 1883
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Kiessling 2009 | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Stomatoporidae
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Stomatopora sp.
Bronn 1825
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Nucleolitidae
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Nucleolites sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Polycidaridae
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Paracidaris sp.
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Crinoidea
- Isocrinida
- Isocrinidae
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Isocrinus sp.
von Meyer 1836
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Crinoidea
- Isocrinida
- Pentacrinitidae
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Pentacrinus sp.
Miller 1821
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
| nomen vanum belonging to Pentacrinites | ||||||||||
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Hydrozoa
- Hydroida
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Protulophila sp.
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montlivaltiidae
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Thecosmilia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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15 %-volume | |||||||||
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Rhabdophyllia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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1 %-volume | |||||||||
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Isastrea sp.
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
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7 %-volume | |||||||||
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Montlivaltia sp.
Lamouroux 1821
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4 %-volume | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Microsolenidae
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Microsolena sp.
Lamouroux 1821
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46 %-volume | |||||||||
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Dimorpharaea sp.
de Fromentel 1861
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20 %-volume | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Fungiastraea sp.
Alloiteau 1952
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2 %-volume | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Thamnasteriidae
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Thamnasteria sp.
LeSauvage 1823
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5 %-volume | |||||||||
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Calcarea
- Calcaronea
- Stellispongiidae
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Enaulofungia sp.
Fromentel 1860
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Demospongiae
- Ancorinida
- Geodiidae
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Rhaxella sp.
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Nubeculariidae
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Nubeculinella sp.
Cushman 1930
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Nodosariata
- Vaginulinida
- Vaginulinidae
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Lenticulina sp.
Lamarck 1804
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Nodosariata
- Nodosariida
- Nodosariidae
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Citharina sp.
d'Orbigny 1839
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Insalaco 1999 | |||||||||
| listed as Ceitharina sp. | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Cambridgeshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.2° North, 0.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.9° North, 9.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Jurassic | *Epoch: | Malm |
| *International age/stage: | Late/Upper Oxfordian | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Oxfordian | Ammonoid zone: | Cardioceras maltonense - Cardioceras tenuiserratum |
| Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | West Walton | Member: | Upware Limestone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: PJW: Was in Perisphinctes bifurcatus zone (which is Late Oxfordian, not Middle!), but subsequent work puts West Walton in older Cardioceras maltonense - Cardioceras tenuiserratum zones. Also, this must be Upware Limestone. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified framestone |
| Lithology description: Microsolenid biostrome with platy growth forms. 30-50 % skeletal biovolume. | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Extremely rich associated fauna including epifaunal bivalves, crinoids, echinoids, serpulids, brachiopods, bryozoans, sponges and stromatolites | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 544 | ||
| Database number: | 22737 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-06-24 10:23:32 | Last modified: | 2021-09-18 12:51:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-06-24 10:23:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6537. | E. Insalaco. 1996. Upper Jurassic microsolenid biostromes of northern and central Europe: facies and depositional environment. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 121:169-194 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |
Secondary references:
| 6561 | E. Insalaco. 1999. Facies and palaeoecology of Upper Jurassic (Middle Oxfordian) coral reefs in England. Facies 40:81-100 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] | |
| 30388 | W. Kiessling. 2009. Taxonomic vetting of messy data in the Paleobiology Database. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |