Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (57.6° N, 6.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 41.0° N, 14.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Athleta ammonoid zone, Staffin Shale Formation (Great Estuarine Group), Callovian (165.3 - 161.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sand shoal; lithified lime mudstone and limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Turner; reposited in the BGS

• Specimens also in Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.

Primary reference: J. Turner. 1966. The Oxford Clay of Skye, Scalpay and Eigg. Scottish Journal of Geology 2(3):243-252 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163712: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 10.11.2014

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