Where: England, United Kingdom (52.0° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 7.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Lias Formation (Lias Group), Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; unlithified marl
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: recrystallized, replaced with calcite
Reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
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 59030: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Julien Millet on 07.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star | |
Palaeocoma milleri Phillips 1829 brittle star | |
"? Hemieuryale lunaris" = Sigsbeia lunaris
"? Hemieuryale lunaris" = Sigsbeia lunaris Hess 1962 brittle star | |
? Ophiocten sp., ? Ophiura astonensis n. sp.
? Ophiocten sp. Lütken 1855 brittle star
? Ophiura astonensis n. sp. Hess 1964 brittle star | |
Ophiomusium cf. murravii Forbes 1843 brittle star | |
Sinosura brodiei Wright 1866 brittle star |