Quarry between Shipton Gorge and Bothenhampton (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Near Strephon Gorge

Where: Dorset, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 6.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Marlstone Rock Formation, Spinatum (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H.W. Bristow, J.C. Gapper in 1848; reposited in the BGS

Primary reference: D. V. Ager. 1958. A Monograph of the British Liassic Rhynchonellidae, Part II 51-84 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159302: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.07.2014

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Furcirhynchia melvillei n. sp. Ager 1958
Rhynchonella furcillata in Davidson 1878