England WB 2/1 (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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

• 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 Unpublished data.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 8656: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Hans Eichiner on 17.08.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra virgula Deshayes 1831 oyster
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Liostrea multiformis Koch and Dunker 1837 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa Sowerby 1823 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Solemyida - Nucinellidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae