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 Unpublished data.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 8657: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Hans Eichiner on 17.08.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Lingula ovalis Sowerby 1813 | |
Bivalvia | |
Cosmetodon keyserlingii d'Orbigny 1850 clam | |
Nanogyra virgula Deshayes 1831 oyster | |
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop | |
Nicaniella extensa clam | |
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam | |
Palaeonucula menkii nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Procerithium sp. Cossmann 1902 snail | |
"Rostellaria rasensis" = Tibia
"Rostellaria rasensis" = Tibia true conch |