Ayton Off-Reef, Yorkshire, England (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Yorkshire, United Kingdom (54.3° N, 0.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 9.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: sand shoal; lithified packstone

• Solenopora-gastropod sands

Collection methods: bulk

Primary reference: E. Insalaco. 1999. Facies and palaeoecology of Upper Jurassic (Middle Oxfordian) coral reefs in England. Facies 40:81-100 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22785: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 26.06.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp.
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp.
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Demospongiae
 Ancorinida - Geodiidae
Rhaxella sp.
Rhaxella sp. demosponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Rhabdophyllia sp.
Rhabdophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylosmilia sp.
Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Paracidaris sp.
Paracidaris sp. pencil urchin
 Calycina - Diplopodiidae
"Pseudodiadema sp." = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema)
"Pseudodiadema sp." = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema) Desor 1858 sea urchin
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Hemicidaris sp.
Hemicidaris sp. Agassiz 1838 sea urchin
Rhynchonellata
 Thecideida - Thecidellinidae
"Moorelina sp." = Moorellina
"Moorelina sp." = Moorellina
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp.
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria sp.
Zeilleria sp. Bayle 1878
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp.
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp.
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra sp.
Nanogyra sp. Beurlen 1958 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Carditida - Astartidae
Neocrassina sp.
Neocrassina sp. Fischer 1887 clam
Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Bourguetia sp., Pseudomelania sp.
Bourguetia sp. Deshayes 1871 snail
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
 Trochoidea - Nododelphinulidae
Metriomphalus sp.
Metriomphalus sp. Cossmann 1916 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo sp.
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp.
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail
[entered as Nerinaea sp.]