Thorncombe Sands, Dorset (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (50.7° N, 2.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 6.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Amaltheus subnodosus ammonoid zone, Beacon Limestone Formation, Margaritatus (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• Subnodosus subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Gründel, A. Kaim, A. Nützel and C. T. S. Little. 2011. Early Jurassic Gastropods form England. Palaeontology 54(3):481-510 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118051: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 05.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Cylindrobullina dorsetensis n. sp. Gründel et al. 2011 snail
Cylindrobullina ventricosa n. sp. Gründel et al. 2011 snail
 Heterostropha - Tubiferidae
Consobrinella greeni n. sp. Gründel et al. 2011 snail
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Tricarilda toddi n. sp. Gründel et al. 2011 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
Cryptaulax cf. slatteri Tate 1870 snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Levipleura blainvillei Munster 1844 snail