Upware (Coral Rag Mb) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (52.3° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 9.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cardioceras tenuiserratum ammonoid zone, Coral Rag Member (Coralline Oolite Formation), Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• limestones and "coral rag"

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 42338: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 28.07.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp., Isastrea sp.
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina sp.
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp.
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
 Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Anisocidaris smithii, Paracidaris florigemma
Anisocidaris smithii Wright 1857 pencil urchin
Paracidaris florigemma Phillips 1829 pencil urchin
unclassified
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Mollusca indet.
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758