foot of Black Ven, Charmouth (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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

• "grey limestone", some baryte crystals; "pale grey biomicrite" with much pyrite replacing original calcite shells and tests; includes "darker grey micrite clasts which have pyritic rims"

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
 Ornithischia -
Scelidosaurus harrisonii Owen 1861 ornithischian
DORCM G10817
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma ? giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
cf. Amberleya sp. Morris and Lycett 1851 snail