Tolcis Quarry (beds 7–25) (Triassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 0.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langport Member (Lilstock Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• the "Langport Beds" - "The Seven Beds"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: yellow limestone and brown marl

• "Even-bedded cream-coloured limestones and pale-brown conchoidal marls"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Hallam in 1962

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: W. A. Macfadyen. 1970. Geological Highlights of the West Country. A Nature Conservancy Handbook 1-296 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163291: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.10.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus hillanus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima gigantes file clam
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta intusstriata Emmrich 1853 scallop
Atreta (Plicatula) intusstriata
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon hettangiensis Terquem 1855 clam