Shilton WL 1: Bathonian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Ceritella sp. Morris and Lycett 1851
3.7 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Neridomidae
Neridomus cooksoni
0.6 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia sp. Swainson 1840
2.4 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Dicroloma sp. Gabb 1868
4.3 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus imbricatus (Sowerby 1818)
1.2 %-specimens
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes rigidus Sowerby 1818
0.6 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia waltoni (Lycett 1863)
4.9 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Praeexogyra hebridica
0.6 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia lycetti
20.2 %-specimens
Protocardia stricklandi (Morris and Lycett 1853)
1.2 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Quenstedtiidae
Quenstedtia morrisi
4.9 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pseudotrapezium cordiforme
4.3 %-specimens
Anisocardia loweana (Morris and Lycett 1853)
41.7 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Cuspidaria ibbetsoni (Morris 1853)
1.8 %-specimens
recombined as Rostrocorbula ibbetsoni
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
1.2 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya deltoidea
0.6 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina bellona
3.1 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia (Vaugonia) moretoni
3.7 %-specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 51.8° North, 1.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.2° North, 9.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bathonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Bathonian
Age range of interval:168.20000 - 165.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Great Oolite Formation:White Limestone Member:Bladon
Local bed:Shilton WL 1
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: lime sand
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:36555
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-02-03 12:34:50 Last modified:2006-07-06 08:52:37
Access level:the public Released:2004-02-03 12:34:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9778. T. J. Palmer. 1979. The Hampen Marly and White Limestones Formations: Florida-type carbonate lagoons in the Jurassic of central England. Palaeontology 22(1):189-228 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]