Windsor Hill (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Mendip 14, Shepton Mallet

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.2° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 6.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• Fissure fill deposit. Pliensbachian age is based upon the diverse marine invertebrate fauna

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; ferruginous, pebbly, sandy limestone

• "The fissure was a Neptunian dyke (a fissure opening under the sea)" (Evans & Kermack (1994)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by W. Kühne in 1939; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: bulk, hydrochloric,

Primary reference: W. Kühne. 1956. The Liassic therapsid Oligokyphus. British Museum (Natural History), London 1-149 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105605: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 23.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
"Saurichthys acuminatus" = Birgeria acuminata
"Saurichthys acuminatus" = Birgeria acuminata Agassiz 1843
 Therapsida - Tritylodontidae
Oligokyphus minor n. sp., Oligokyphus major n. sp.
Oligokyphus minor n. sp. Kühne 1956 mammaliamorph
Oligokyphus major n. sp. Kühne 1956 mammaliamorph
More than 2000 isolated Oligokyphus elements are known
Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes -
"Hybodus minor" = Rhomphaiodon minor
"Hybodus minor" = Rhomphaiodon minor Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Acrodus anningiae
Acrodus anningiae Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes -
"Acrodus minimus" = Lissodus minimus
"Acrodus minimus" = Lissodus minimus Agassiz 1839 elasmobranch
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp.
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea sp.
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma inaquivalve, Meleagrinella sp.
Meleagrinella sp. Whitfield 1855 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
? Pseudolimea sp.
? Pseudolimea sp. Douglas and Arkell 1932 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp.
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet.
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite
 Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae
Promicroceras sp.
Promicroceras sp. Spath 1925 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Arnioceras sp.
Arnioceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805