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: Asteroceras obtusum ammonoid zone, Black Ven Marl Member (Charmouth Mudstone Formation), Late/Upper Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, concretion
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: P. E. S. Whalley. 1985. The systematics and palaeogeography of the Lower Jurassic insects of Dorset, England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 39(3):107-189 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 114646: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 18.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Metaraphidia confusa n. gen. n. sp.
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