Where: Somerset, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxynotum (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• Oxynotum subzone. 3.2 m thick.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with pyrite

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: N. T. J. Hollingworth, D. J. Ward, M. J. Simms and P. Clothier. 1990. A temporary exposure of Lower Lias (Late Sinemurian) at Dimmer Camp, Castle Cary, Somerset, south-west England. Mesozoic Research 2:163-180 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159474: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.08.2014

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