Where: England, United Kingdom (50.0° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 2.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Schlotheimia angulata zone, Blue Lias Formation (Lias Group), Late/Upper Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)
• Schlotheimia angulata Zone, angulata Subzone
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified lime mudstone and poorly lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Hallam. 1960. A sedimentary and faunal study of the Blue Lias of Dorset and Glamorgan. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London 243:1-44 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych/A. Tomasovych]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 29233: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 27.03.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Schlotheimia (Schlotheimia) extranodosa, Schlotheimia (Schlotheimia) lymensis, Schlotheimia (Schlotheimia) pseudomoreana, Schlotheimia (Schlotheimia) similis
Schlotheimia (Schlotheimia) lymensis ammonite
Schlotheimia (Schlotheimia) pseudomoreana Spath 1924 ammonite
Schlotheimia (Schlotheimia) similis Spath 1924 ammonite | |
"Nautilus striatus" = Cenoceras striatum
"Nautilus striatus" = Cenoceras striatum Sowerby 1817 | |
Bivalvia | |
Mactromya unionides clam | |
Pleuromya galathea Agassiz 1842 clam | |
Cardinia listeri Sowerby 1817 clam | |
Terquemia arietis clam | |
"Chlamys subulata" = Camptonectes subulatus
"Chlamys subulata" = Camptonectes subulatus Goldfuss 1834 scallop | |
Pseudolimea harburyensis, Pseudolimea hettangiensis, Antiquilima succincta, Lima (Plagiostoma) giganteum
Pseudolimea harburyensis file clam
Pseudolimea hettangiensis Terquem 1855 file clam
Antiquilima succincta von Schlotheim 1813 file clam
Lima (Plagiostoma) giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
Placunopsis striatula Oppel 1856 scallop | |
Pinna hartmanni Zieten 1830 oyster | |
Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck 1801 oyster
Liostrea irregularis oyster | |
"Modiolus hillanus" = Modiolus (Cyranus) hillanus
"Modiolus hillanus" = Modiolus (Cyranus) hillanus Sowerby 1818 mussel |