Ringstead Coral Bed, Ringstead Bay (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Amoeboceras rosenkrantzi ammonoid zone, Ringstead Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. E. Negus. 1983. Distribution of the British Jurassic corals. Proceedings of the Geologists` Association 94(3):251-257 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42337: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 28.07.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Paracidaris florigemma Phillips 1829 pencil urchin