England WB 2/2 (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 Unpublished data.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 8657: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Hans Eichiner on 17.08.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula ovalis Sowerby 1813
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra virgula Deshayes 1831 oyster
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Procerithium sp. Cossmann 1902 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Rostellaria rasensis" = Tibia
"Rostellaria rasensis" = Tibia true conch