Where: United Kingdom (54.3° N, 0.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 9.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Grey limestone Member (Inferior Oolite Formation), Early/Lower Bajocian (171.6 - 168.4 Ma)
• Teloceras blagdeni zone
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, ooidal, gray packstone
Size class: macrofossils
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 59032: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Julien Millet on 07.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiomusium leckenbyi Wright 1880 brittle star |