Stowell Park borehole (C. turneri Zone, P. alcinoe Subzone, 1602-1632ft) (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: Pararnioceras alcinoe ammonoid zone, Lower Lias Formation (Lias Group), Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• "Caenisites turneri Zone, Pararnioceras alcinoe Subzone" (Melville 1956)

•"1602ft - 1632ft" (Melville 1956)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lime mudstone

• "Dark grey and black calcareous mudstone, often indurated, with subordinate shale bands and 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 204151: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 02.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
""Ornithella" cf. sarthacensis" = Zeilleria (Zeilleria) sarthacensis
""Ornithella" cf. sarthacensis" = Zeilleria (Zeilleria) sarthacensis d'Orbigny 1850
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Arnioceras nodulosum, Arnioceras hartmanni, Arnioceras cf. dimorphum, Arnioceras pseudoturneri n. sp., Arnioceras cf. speciosum, Arnioceras semicostatum, Arnioceras bodleyi, "Pararnioceras alcinoe" = Coroniceras alcinoe
Arnioceras pseudoturneri n. sp. Spath 1956 ammonite
Arnioceras cf. speciosum Fucini 1902 ammonite
Arnioceras semicostatum Young and Bird 1828 ammonite
Arnioceras bodleyi Buckman 1844 ammonite
"Pararnioceras alcinoe" = Coroniceras alcinoe Reynes 1879 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae
"Sulciferites sp." = Angulaticeras
"Sulciferites sp." = Angulaticeras Quenstedt 1882 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Amberleya cf. elegans
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo oviformis, Palaeoneilo galatea
Palaeoneilo oviformis Eck 1865 clam
Palaeoneilo galatea d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula (Palaeonucula) navis" = Palaeonucula navis
"Nucula (Palaeonucula) navis" = Palaeonucula navis Piette 1868 nut clam
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
"Anningia faberi" = Anningella
"Anningia faberi" = Anningella scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Plagiostoma) aff. gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum
"Lima (Plagiostoma) aff. gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella cf. hagenowi
 Ostreida - Pergamidiidae
Semuridia sp.
Semuridia sp. Melville 1956 oyster
 Pterioida - Prospondylidea
Terquemia arietis
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya sp.
Goniomya sp. Agassiz 1842 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina limbata, ? Lucina sp.
? Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte camertonensis