Stowell Park borehole (C. turneri Zone, P. capricornoides Subzone, 1548-1578ft) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 3.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Promicroceras capricornoides ammonoid zone, Lower Lias Formation (Lias Group), Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• "Caenisites turneri Zone, Promicroceras capricornoides Subzone" (Melville 1956)

•"1548ft - 1578ft" (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 204149: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 02.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae
Promicroceras capricornoides, Microderoceras aff. scoresbyi
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Arnioceras semicostatoides
 Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae
Asteroceras sp.
Asteroceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Cymbitidae
Cymbites sp.
Cymbites sp. Neumayr 1878 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
? Pseudobythinella sp.
? Pseudobythinella sp. Melville 1956 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Dacryomya) sp.
Nuculana (Dacryomya) sp. Agassiz 1840 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula (Palaeonucula) navis" = Palaeonucula navis
"Nucula (Palaeonucula) navis" = Palaeonucula navis Piette 1868 nut clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella sp., "Gervillia lanceolata" = Gervillella lanceolata
Gervillella sp. Waagen 1907 oyster
"Gervillia lanceolata" = Gervillella lanceolata Muenster 1826 oyster
 Ostreida - Pergamidiidae
Semuridia sp.
Semuridia sp. Melville 1956 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Plagiostoma) aff. gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum
"Lima (Plagiostoma) aff. gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
"Anningia faberi" = Anningella
"Anningia faberi" = Anningella scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon caprinus
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya sp.
Mactromya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina limbata
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya sp.
Goniomya sp. Agassiz 1842 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp.
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam