Shepton Mallet (47.5 ft) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.2° N, 2.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.5° N, 13.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lias Group, Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 174.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; claystone

• "clay"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C. Moore

Primary reference: C. Moore. 1867. On Abnormal Conditions of Secondary deposits when connected with the Somersetshire and South Wales Coal-Basin; and on the age of the Sutton and Southerndown Series . Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 23:449-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84123: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Lima gigantea" = Crassadoma gigantea
"Lima gigantea" = Crassadoma gigantea Gray 1825 scallop