Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 3.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Arietites bucklandi ammonoid zone, Blue Lias Formation (Lias Group), Early/Lower Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified limestone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: recrystallized, replaced with calcite
Primary reference: H. Hess. 1964. Die Ophiuren des englischen Jura. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetia 57(2):755-821 [L. Villier/J. Millet]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59028: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Julien Millet on 07.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
? Ophiomusium ramsayi Wright 1866 brittle star | |
Crinoidea | |
Isocrinus tuberculatus Sea lily |