Broad Ledge (Turneri beds) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Grey Ledge

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 3.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Caensites turneri ammonoid zone, Lias Group, Early/Lower Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• 4 beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: T. Wright. 1860. On the Zone of Avicula contorta, and the Lower Lias of the South of England. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 16:374-411 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 227266: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.09.2022

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Proteosauridae
"Ichthyosaurus platyodon" = Proteosaurus platyodon
"Ichthyosaurus platyodon" = Proteosaurus platyodon Conybeare 1822 ichthyosaur
 Ichthyosauria - Ichthyosauridae
Ichthyosaurus communis Conybeare 1821 ichthyosaur
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae
"Ammonites turneri" = Caenisites turneri
"Ammonites turneri" = Caenisites turneri Sowerby 1824 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
"Ammonites semicostatus" = Arietites semicostatus
"Ammonites semicostatus" = Arietites semicostatus Young and Bird 1828 ammonite
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
"Rhynchonella variabilis" = Cirpa variabilis
"Rhynchonella variabilis" = Cirpa variabilis Schlotheim 1813