Ophiuroidea, Pliensbachian, Aston Magna, Gloucestershire, UK (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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
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Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae
Palaeocoma milleri Phillips 1829 brittle star
 Amphilepidida - Hemieuryalidae
"? Hemieuryale lunaris" = Sigsbeia lunaris
"? Hemieuryale lunaris" = Sigsbeia lunaris Hess 1962 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
? Ophiocten sp. Lütken 1855 brittle star
? Ophiura astonensis n. sp. Hess 1964 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
Ophiomusium cf. murravii Forbes 1843 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Aplocomidae
Sinosura brodiei Wright 1866 brittle star