Stowell Park borehole (U. jamesi Zone, P. taylori Subzone, 1253-1299ft) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 6.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Phricodoceras taylori ammonoid zone, Lower Lias Formation (Lias Group), Early/Lower Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• "Uptonia jamesi Zone, Phricodoceras taylori Subzone" (Melville 1956)

•"1253ft - 1299ft" (Melville 1956)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray mudstone

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 204129: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 31.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Lingulata
 Discinida - Disciniidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
? Rudirhynchia sp. Buckman 1917
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
 Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Lobothyris sp. Buckman 1917
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo galatea d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Ryderia) doris d'Orbigny 1849 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula (Palaeonucula) navis" = Palaeonucula navis
"Nucula (Palaeonucula) navis" = Palaeonucula navis Piette 1868 nut clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Chlamys cf. rollei Stoliczka 1861 scallop
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
"Dimyodon sp." = Atreta
"Dimyodon sp." = Atreta Etallon 1862 scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus ventricosus" = Parainoceramya ventricosa
"Inoceramus ventricosus" = Parainoceramya ventricosa Sowerby 1823 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon insons Melville 1956 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Coeloceratidae
Apoderoceras sp. Buckman 1921 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
Parinodiceras sp., "Gemmellaroceras peregrinum" = Gemmellaroceras, "Tubellites tubellus" = Gemmellaroceras, "Tubellites anguiformis" = Gemmellaroceras
"Gemmellaroceras peregrinum" = Gemmellaroceras ammonite
"Tubellites tubellus" = Gemmellaroceras ammonite
"Tubellites anguiformis" = Gemmellaroceras ammonite
 Belemnitida -
Nannobelus sp. belemnite
 Belemnitida - Passaloteuthididae