Thorncombe Beacon, near Eype (paltus layer) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Junction Bed Formation, Spinatum (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D.V. Ager; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: D. V. Ager. 1956. A Monograph of the British Liassic Rhynchonellidae, Part I. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 1-50 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159237: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.07.2014

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Homoeorhynchia acuta Sowerby 1816
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae