Maisemore Cliff in the Blue Lias in Southern Britian (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 2.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.0° N, 9.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Blue Lias Formation (Lias Group), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified marl

• Includes limestone, marl, clay, and paper shale.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. M. Gilliland. 1992. Holothurians in the Blue Lias of Southern Britain. Palaeontology 35(1):159-210 [A. Miller/D. Schramm/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41625: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Danielle Schramm on 19.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Holothuroidea
  - Priscopedatidae
Staurocumites bartensteini
Staurocumites bartensteini Deflandre-Rigaud 1952 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Chiridotidae
Theelia synapta
Theelia synapta Gilliland 1992 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Achistridae
Achistrum monochordata
Achistrum monochordata Hodson et al. 1956 sea cucumber
 Dendrochirotida -
Binoculites terquemi, Binoculites jurassica
Binoculites terquemi Deflandre-Rigaud 1952 sea cucumber
Binoculites jurassica Frizzell and Exline 1955 sea cucumber