Where: England, United Kingdom (52.3° N, 1.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 40.9° N, 14.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Aegoceras capricornus ammonoid zone, Green Ammonite Beds Member (Charmouth Mudstone Formation), Early/Lower Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• Prodactylioceras davoei Zone, Aegoceras capricornus Subzone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified marl
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: recrystallized, replaced with calcite
Reposited in the BMNH
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 59029: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Julien Millet on 07.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
Palaeocoma milleri Phillips 1829 brittle star | |
Sinosura brodiei Wright 1866 brittle star |