PBDB Collection

Stowell Park borehole (A. bucklandi Zone, A. bucklandi Subzone, 1728-1815ft) (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: Arietites bucklandi ammonoid zone, Lower Lias Formation (Lias Group), Early/Lower Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• "Arietites bucklandi Zone, Arietites bucklandi 'sensu stricto' Subzone" (Melville 1956)

•"1728ft - 1814ft 6in" (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 204155: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 02.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Arietitidae	"? Paracoroniceras sp." = Coroniceras (Paracoroniceras), "Epammonites compressaries" = Coroniceras, "Epammonites parthenope" = Coroniceras, Arnioceras cf. hartmanni, Arnioceras transitionis, Vermiceras aff. latisulcatum "? Paracoroniceras sp." = Coroniceras (Paracoroniceras) Spath 1922 ammonite "Upper beds" "Epammonites compressaries" = Coroniceras ammonite "Middle beds" "Epammonites parthenope" = Coroniceras ammonite "Middle beds" Arnioceras cf. hartmanni ammonite "Upper beds" Arnioceras transitionis Spath 1956 ammonite "Upper beds" Vermiceras aff. latisulcatum ammonite "Lower beds"
Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae	"Charmasseiceras dorbignyanum" = Angulaticeras, "Charmasseiceras leigneleti" = Angulaticeras, Charmasseiceras hercynicum, "Charmasseiceras charmassei" = Angulaticeras charmassei "Charmasseiceras dorbignyanum" = Angulaticeras ammonite "Upper & Lower beds" "Charmasseiceras leigneleti" = Angulaticeras ammonite "Lower beds" Charmasseiceras hercynicum Spath 1924 ammonite "Lower beds" "Charmasseiceras charmassei" = Angulaticeras charmassei d'Orbigny 1844 ammonite "Lower beds"
Ammonitida -	? Ammonites sp. ? Ammonites sp. Bruguière 1789 ammonite "Upper beds"
Gastropoda
Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae	Zygopleura sp. Zygopleura sp. snail "Upper beds"
Bivalvia
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Modiolus sp. Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel "Upper beds"
Ostreida - Pergamidiidae	Semuridia sp. Semuridia sp. Melville 1956 oyster "Middle beds"
Pectinida - Limidae	"Lima (Plagiostoma) aff. gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum "Lima (Plagiostoma) aff. gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam "Middle beds"
Pectinida - Oxytomidae	"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis "Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop "Upper & Middle beds"
Pectinida - Anomiidae	"Placunopsis cf. schafhaeutli" = Anomia schafhaeutli "Placunopsis cf. schafhaeutli" = Anomia schafhaeutli Winkler 1859 jingle "Lower beds"
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Chlamys sp. Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop "Upper beds"
Myalinida - Inoceramidae	Inoceramus sp. Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam "Lower beds"
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Lucina limbata Lucina limbata clam "Upper & Middle beds"
Pholadida - Pleuromyidae	Pleuromya sp. Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam "Upper beds"
Carditida - Astartidae	Astarte sp. Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam "Middle beds"
Crinoidea
Isocrinida - Isocrinidae	Isocrinus sp. Isocrinus sp. von Meyer 1836 Sea lily "Lower beds"
unclassified
-	Plantae indet. Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866 "Middle beds"