Stowell Park borehole (S. angulata Zone, L. laqueus Subzone, 1931-1972ft) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Laqueoceras laqueus ammonoid zone, Lower Lias Formation (Lias Group), Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)

• "Schlotheimia angulata Zone, Laqueoceras laqueus Subzone" (Melville 1956)

•"c. 1931ft - c. 1972 ft" (Melville 1956)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lime mudstone

• "Banded grey to black calcareous mudstone, often indurated, and grey argillaceous limestone" (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 204159: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 02.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon hettangiensis Terquem 1855 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Plagiostoma) gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum, Pseudolimea pectinoides, "Lima (Antiquilima) antiquata" = Antiquilima antiquata
"Lima (Plagiostoma) gigantea" = Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam
Pseudolimea pectinoides Sowerby 1815 file clam
"Lima (Antiquilima) antiquata" = Antiquilima antiquata Sowerby 1818 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys subulata" = Camptonectes subulatus
"Chlamys subulata" = Camptonectes subulatus Goldfuss 1834 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea cf. dumortieri Joly 1907 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
? Mactromya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Pteromya sp. Moore 1861 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia sp. Agassiz 1841 clam
Cardinia hybrida Sowerby 1817 clam