Broad Ledge (Bucklandi beds) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Grey Ledge

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: Arietites bucklandi ammonoid zone, Lias Group, Early/Lower Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• 27 beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: T. Wright. 1860. On the Zone of Avicula contorta, and the Lower Lias of the South of England. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 16:374-411 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140334: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 08.03.2013, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
 Bennettitales -
"Otopteris obtusa" = Otozamites obtusus
"Otopteris obtusa" = Otozamites obtusus Lindley and Hutton 1834
Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Proteosauridae
"Ichthyosaurus platyodon" = Proteosaurus platyodon
"Ichthyosaurus platyodon" = Proteosaurus platyodon Conybeare 1822 ichthyosaur
 Ichthyosauria - Ichthyosauridae
Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris, "Ichthyosaurus communis" = Ichthyosaurus communis, "Ichthyosaurus intermedius" = Ichthyosaurus communis
Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris Conybeare 1822 ichthyosaur
"Ichthyosaurus communis" = Ichthyosaurus communis Conybeare 1821 ichthyosaur
"Ichthyosaurus intermedius" = Ichthyosaurus communis Conybeare 1821 ichthyosaur
 Ichthyosauria -
Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus n. sp. McGowan 1974 ichthyosaur
BMNH R1157, isolated skull (holotype)
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinus sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Pentacrinus tuberculatus Quenstedt 1858 Sea lily
Echinoidea
 Calycina - Diplopodiidae
"Pseudodiadema sp." = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema)
"Pseudodiadema sp." = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema) Desor 1858 sea urchin
 Camarodonta - Echinidae
Echinidae indet. Gray 1825 sea urchin
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida -
Ammonites bucklandi Sowerby 1816 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae
"Ammonites angulatus" = Androgynoceras (Oistoceras) angulatum
"Ammonites angulatus" = Androgynoceras (Oistoceras) angulatum Quenstedt 1856 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
"Ammonites rotiformis" = Coroniceras rotiforme, "Ammonites conybeari" = Metophioceras conybeari
"Ammonites rotiformis" = Coroniceras rotiforme Sowerby 1824 ammonite
"Ammonites conybeari" = Metophioceras conybeari Sowerby 1816 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima antiquata" = Antiquilima antiquata
"Lima antiquata" = Antiquilima antiquata Sowerby 1818 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Lima gigantea" = Crassadoma gigantea
"Lima gigantea" = Crassadoma gigantea Gray 1825 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
"Rhynchonella variabilis" = Cirpa variabilis
"Rhynchonella variabilis" = Cirpa variabilis Schlotheim 1813