Where: England, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 7.8° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: mutabilis-zone zone, Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: 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 Unpublished data.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 8574: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Hans Eichiner on 03.08.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nucinella birkelundi Nut Clam | |
"Dacryomya venusta" = Dacromya
"Dacryomya venusta" = Dacromya pointed nut clam | |
Neocrassina ovata clam | |
Thracia depressa Sowerby 1823 clam | |
Protocardia morinica cockle | |
Aulacomyella farquharsoni Cox 1935 oyster | |
Liostrea multiformis Koch and Dunker 1837 oyster
Nanogyra virgula Deshayes 1831 oyster | |
Placunopsis radiata Phillips 1829 scallop |