Stowell Park borehole (pre-planorbis Beds, 2026-2047ft) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, 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: White Lias Formation (Penarth Group), Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)

• "2026ft - 2047ft" (Melville 1956)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

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 204162: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 02.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella fallax
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
? Plicatula sp.
? Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus langportensis, Modiolus cf. hillanus
Modiolus cf. hillanus Sowerby 1818 mussel
Osteichthyes
 Osteichthyes -
Osteichthyes indet.
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 bony fish
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