Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 3.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Black Ven Marl Member (Charmouth Mudstone Formation), Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• exact level unclear - could be Coinstone of the Black Ven Marls, or Hummocky Bed at contact with Belemnite Marls
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; pyritic, intraclastic, shelly/skeletal, gray wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
• single belemnite guard shows evidence of boring;
Collected by S. Bagnoli
Collection methods: surface (float), chemical,
Primary reference: P. C. Ensom. 1989. New scelidosaur remains from the Lower Lias of Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 110:166-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96467: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulidae indet. Gray 1840 | |
Rhynchonellidae indet. Gray 1848 | |
Bivalvia | |
Plagiostoma ? giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite | |
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
cf. Amberleya sp. Morris and Lycett 1851 snail |