Dorset BC15 (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: plicatilis zone, Nothe Grits Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, bioturbated sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1904: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 11.06.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae
Cardioceras s.s.
Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania heddingtonensis
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus bipartitus, Modiolus pulcher
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel
Modiolus pulcher Forbes 1846 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Praeexogyra sp., Gryphaea dilatata, Deltoideum sp.
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Praeexogyra sp. Charles 1952 oyster
Gryphaea dilatata oyster
Bilobissa
Deltoideum sp. Rollier 1917 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella sp.
Gervillella sp. Waagen 1907 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon subplanatum, Isognomon sp.
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon sp.
Actinostreon sp. Bayle 1878 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Acesta subantiquata
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma expansa
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
"Pseudomonotis ovalis" = Claraia ovalis
"Pseudomonotis ovalis" = Claraia ovalis Whiteaves 1889 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis duriuscula, Placunopsis sp., Placunopsis radiata
Placunopsis sp. Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
Placunopsis radiata Phillips 1829 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys textoria, Camptonectes auritus, Radulopecten fibrosus
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Chlamys
Camptonectes auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella hudlestoni
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya aequalis
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis, Pleuromya alduini
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
Pleuromya alduini Brongniart 1821 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp.
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cycloserpula
Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Nucleolites scutatus
Nucleolites scutatus Lamarck 1816 sea urchin