Stowell Park borehole (E. raricostatum Zone, macdonnelli Subzone, 1359-1376ft) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 4.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Leptechioceras macdonnelli ammonoid zone, Lower Lias Formation (Lias Group), Late/Upper Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• "Echioceras raricostatum Zone, Leptechioceras macdonnelli Subzone" (Melville 1956)

•"1359ft - 1376ft" (Melville 1956)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: calcareous shale

• "Black and dark grey calcareous shale with occasional limestone nodules and bands" (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 204131: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 31.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae
Eoderoceras sp., Eoderoceras cf. anguiforme, Crucilobiceras ornatilobatum, "Hemimicroceras subplanicosta" = Bifericeras
Eoderoceras sp. Spath 1925 ammonite
"Hemimicroceras subplanicosta" = Bifericeras ammonite
 Ammonitida - Echioceratidae
Leptechioceras sp., Echioceras raricostatoides, "Echioceras aeneum" = Echioceras quenstedti
Leptechioceras sp. Buckman 1923 ammonite
Echioceras raricostatoides Vadasz 1908 ammonite
"Echioceras aeneum" = Echioceras quenstedti Schafhautl 1847 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Nuculana (Ryderia) sp." = Ryderia
"Nuculana (Ryderia) sp." = Ryderia Wilton 1930 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo galatea, Palaeoneilo oviformis
Palaeoneilo galatea d'Orbigny 1850 clam
Palaeoneilo oviformis Eck 1865 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula (Palaeonucula) navis" = Palaeonucula navis
"Nucula (Palaeonucula) navis" = Palaeonucula navis Piette 1868 nut clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes sp., Pseudopecten priscus, Chlamys textoria
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis sp.
Placunopsis sp. Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Antiquilima) sp." = Antiquilima
"Lima (Antiquilima) sp." = Antiquilima Cox 1943 file clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea suilla, Gryphaea cymbium
Gryphaea cymbium Lamarck 1819 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon caprinus, Parallelodon sulcosus
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Carditida - Carditidae
Tutcheria cingulata
Tutcheria cingulata Goldfuss 1836 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte camertonensis, Astarte gueuxii
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya arenacea
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina limbata
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha decorata
Myoconcha decorata Münster 1837 clam