Dorset BH6 (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: transversarium zone, Osmington Oolite Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sand shoal; lithified, burrowed grainstone

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1505: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 12.05.1999

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Quenstedtiidae
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Nucleolites scutatus Lamarck 1816 sea urchin