Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 3.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Black Ven Marl Member (Charmouth Mudstone Formation), Obtusum (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, concretion
Collected by J. F. Jackson in 1951-1953; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1962. Fossil insects from the Lower Lias of Charmouth, Dorset. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 7:155-171 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 114640: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 18.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Archelcana durnovaria n. sp.2
Archelcana durnovaria n. sp.2 Whalley 1985 grasshopper BMNH In 59162; only holotype is specified as from this locality
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Propreocoris maculatus n. gen. n. sp.1
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Pterocimex jacksoni n. gen. n. sp.1
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Neomeridium trifurcum n. gen. n. sp.1
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"Pseudopolycentropus prolatipennis n. sp." = Pseudopolycentropus triangularis2
"Pseudopolycentropus prolatipennis n. sp." = Pseudopolycentropus triangularis2 Handlirsch 1920 scorpionfly BMNH In 53915
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"Liassophlebia gigantea n. sp." = Anglophlebia gigantea
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