Stowell Park borehole (P. davoei Zone, A. maculatum Subzone, 917-985ft) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 6.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Androgynoceras maculatum ammonoid zone, Lower Lias Formation (Lias Group), Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• "Prodactylioceras davoei Zone, Androgynoceras maculatum Subzone" (Melville 1956)

•"c. 917ft - c. 985ft" (Melville 1956)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, sandy shale

• "Mainly grey sandy shale with occasional clay-ironstone nodules" (Green & Melville 1956)

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BGS

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: R. V. Melville. 1956. The Stratigraphical Palaeontology, ammonites excluded, of the Stowell Park borehole. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain 11:67-139 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204123: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 31.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Glyphaea cf. lyrica
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
"test and radioles"
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinus sp.
Pentacrinus sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium etalense
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae
"Androgynoceras maculatum" = Aegoceras maculatum
"Androgynoceras maculatum" = Aegoceras maculatum Young and Bird 1822 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Amberleya subimbricata
Amberleya subimbricata d'Orbigny 1850 snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
"Zygopleura cf. blainvillei" = Levipleura blainvillei
"Zygopleura cf. blainvillei" = Levipleura blainvillei Munster 1844 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Ryderia) doris, Nuculana (Dacryomya) minor
Nuculana (Ryderia) doris d'Orbigny 1849 pointed nut clam
Nuculana (Dacryomya) minor pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo galatea
Palaeoneilo galatea d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Rollieria bronni
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya hybrida, Pholadomya sp., ? Arcomya sp.
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
? Arcomya sp. Agassiz 1838 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia truncata
Protocardia truncata Sowerby 1827 cockle
 Carditida - Hippopodiidae
Hippopodium ponderosum
Hippopodium ponderosum Sowerby 1819 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Tutcheria ? richardsoni
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp.
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus scalprum
Modiolus scalprum Sowerby 1821 mussel
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus ventricosus" = Parainoceramya ventricosa
"Inoceramus ventricosus" = Parainoceramya ventricosa Sowerby 1823 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Camptonectes lohbergensis" = Pecten lohbergensis, Camptonectes mundus
"Camptonectes lohbergensis" = Pecten lohbergensis Emerson 1870 scallop
Camptonectes mundus Melville 1956 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Anningia carixensis
Anningia carixensis Cox 1936 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Pseudolimea acuticostata" = Limea acuticostata
"Pseudolimea acuticostata" = Limea acuticostata Münster 1836 file clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp.
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis numismalis
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia laevis, Gervillella sp.
Gervillella sp. Waagen 1907 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea sp.
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon buckmani, Grammatodon insons
Grammatodon insons Melville 1956 clam