Ilminster, Upper Lias (Moore collection) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Somerset, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 7.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Beacon Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: City of Bath Municipal Library

Primary reference: D. V. Ager. 1967. A Monograph of the British Liassic Rhynchonellidae, Part IV 137-172 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159505: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
"Cidaris ilminsterensis n. sp." = Polycidaris ilminsterensis1, "Cidaris moorei n. sp." = Polycidaris ilminsterensis1
"Cidaris ilminsterensis n. sp." = Polycidaris ilminsterensis1 Wright 1857 pencil urchin
"Cidaris moorei n. sp." = Polycidaris ilminsterensis1 Wright 1857 pencil urchin
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
"Rhynchonella coronata n. sp." = Holcorhynchia coronata
"Rhynchonella coronata n. sp." = Holcorhynchia coronata Moore 1861
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Penaeidae
Penaeus sp.2 Fabricius 1798 decapod
Penaeus latipes? in Moore