Stowell Park borehole (E. raricostatum Zone, bispinigerum Subzone, 1395-1441ft) (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: Eoderoceras bispinigerum ammonoid zone, Lower Lias Formation (Lias Group), Late/Upper Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• "Echioceras raricostatum Zone, Eoderoceras bispinigerum Subzone" (Melville 1956)

•"1395ft - 1441ft" (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 204133: 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 - Oxynoticeratidae
Oxynoticeras sp.
Oxynoticeras sp. Hyatt 1874 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
"Leptonotoceras suessi" = Gemmellaroceras
"Leptonotoceras suessi" = Gemmellaroceras ammonite
 Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae
cf. Bifericeras sp., Crucilobiceras sp.
Crucilobiceras sp. Buckman 1920 ammonite
 Belemnitida -
Nannobelus sp.
Nannobelus sp. belemnite
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 oviformis
Palaeoneilo galatea d'Orbigny 1850 clam
Palaeoneilo oviformis Eck 1865 clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Rollieria bronni
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma papyria
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Antiquilima) sp." = Antiquilima, "Lima (Plagiostoma) aff. gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum
"Lima (Antiquilima) sp." = Antiquilima Cox 1943 file clam
"Lima (Plagiostoma) aff. gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
? Gervillia sp.
? Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon caprinus, Grammatodon sp.
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula davidsoni
Lingula davidsoni Oppel 1856