Dorset OS11 (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.4° W: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: transversarium zone, Osmington Oolite Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, ooidal, argillaceous siltstone

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 Unpublished data.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 1909: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 11.06.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
indet. [originally entered as "Bivalven sp."]
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus ungulatus, Modiolus bipartitus
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea contracta
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Praeexogyra sp., Deltoideum delta, "Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Praeexogyra sp. Charles 1952 oyster
Deltoideum delta Smith 1817 oyster
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp.
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteroperna sp.
Pteroperna sp. Lycett 1850 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella sp.
Gervillella sp. Waagen 1907 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Radulopecten varians, Radulopecten fibrosus, Chlamys sp.
Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula sp., Plagiostoma sp.
Limatula sp. Wood 1839 file clam
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina rotundata
Lucina rotundata Roemer 1835 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya excentrica
Ceratomya excentrica Roemer 1836 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima sp.
Corbulomima sp. Vokes 1945 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia dyonisea
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa
Thracia depressa Sowerby 1823 clam
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Cercomya undulata
Cercomya undulata Sowerby 1827 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei Brongniart 1821 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella sp.
Myophorella sp. Bayle 1878 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula menkii