Staithes, Cleveland Basin, Grey Shale Mmb, GS22 (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (54.5° N, 0.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 42.8° N, 16.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Ammonite Zone Tenuicostatum ammonoid zone, Grey Shale Member (Whitby Mudstone Formation), Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• Subzone Dactylioceras tenuicostatum

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; mudstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: S. Danise, R. J. Twitchett, C. T. S. Little and M. E. Clemence. 2013. The Impact of Global Warming and Anoxia on Marine Benthic Community Dynamics: an Example from the Toarcian (Early Jurassic). Plos One 8(2) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213690: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.09.2020

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula navis Piette 1868 nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus scalprum Sowerby 1821 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pseudopecten equivalvis Sowerby 1816 scallop
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya cardioides Phillips 1829 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Levipleura blainvillei Munster 1844 snail