Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 2.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 8.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tmetoceras scissum ammonoid zone, Scissum (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)
• Scissum zone, Bifidatum subzone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the SM
• Repository: Wessex Cephalopod Club (destined for Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge)
Primary reference: J. T. Whicher, R. B. Chandler, and R. Hoffmann. 2023. Lytoceratid ammonites from the Inferior Oolite Formation (Middle Jurassic, Aalenian and Bajocian) of Dorset (United Kingdom). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 134:216-245 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 229904: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.04.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Pleurolytoceras wrighti Buckman 1905 ammonite
Pleurolytoceras dilucidum Oppel 1856 ammonite
Pleurolytoceras torulosum Schubler 1831 ammonite |