Yorkshire FB6 (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.2° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 9.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: bukowskii zone, Lower Calcareous Grit Formation, Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, bioturbated sandstone

• buff sand with scattered doggers

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5936: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Hans Eichiner on 29.12.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Nucleolites scutatus
Nucleolites scutatus Lamarck 1816 sea urchin
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Cycloserpula sp.
Cycloserpula sp. Parsch 1956
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Pentaserpula sp.
Pentaserpula sp. Parsch 1956
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae
Cardioceras sp.
Cardioceras sp. ammonite
Vertebriceras
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Obornella sp.
Obornella sp. Cox 1959 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eopecten sp., Radulopecten fibrosus
Eopecten sp. Douvillé 1897 scallop
Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
"Pseudomonotis ovalis" = Claraia ovalis
"Pseudomonotis ovalis" = Claraia ovalis Whiteaves 1889 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Gryphaea (Bilobissa) dilatata
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon genuflectum, Actinostreon gregareum
Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus bipartitus
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya hemicardia, Homomya sp.
Homomya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella sp.
Myophorella sp. Bayle 1878 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Thurmannella sp.
Thurmannella sp. Leidhold 1921
[entered as Thurmanella sp.]
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
crustose
Calcarea
  -
Calcarea indet.
Calcarea indet. Bowerbank 1864 calcareous sponge