Where: England, United Kingdom (54.6° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 6.9° E)
• 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: deep subtidal shelf; poorly lithified marl
Size classes: macrofossils, 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 59031: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Julien Millet on 07.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
Palaeocoma milleri Phillips 1829 brittle star | |
Ophiomusium murravii Forbes 1843 brittle star |