Yorkshire PII4 (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.0° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 8.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: decipiens zone, Upper Calcareous Grit Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, bioturbated, cherty/siliceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4097: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteroperna sp. Lycett 1850 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna lanceolata Sowerby 1821 oyster
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
"Pseudomonotis ovalis" = Claraia ovalis
"Pseudomonotis ovalis" = Claraia ovalis Whiteaves 1889 scallop
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus nitescens" = Parainoceramya nitescens
"Inoceramus nitescens" = Parainoceramya nitescens Arkell 1933 clam
 Pterioida -
 Carditida - Astartidae
Praeconia rhomboidalis Phillips 1829 clam
Opis corallina Damon 1860 clam
Trigonopis
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya literata Sowerby 1819 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima sp. Vokes 1945 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella sp. Bayle 1878 clam
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes sp. Waagen 1869 ammonite
sp. 1 + 2
 Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae
Amoeboceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
3 species
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
2 spines