Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 0.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Avicula contorta other zone, Westbury Formation (Penarth Group), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, micaceous, pyritic, white sandstone and claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace
Collected by H. Strickland
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)
Primary reference: H. E. Strickland. 1842. On the occurrence of the Bristol Bone-Bed in the Lower Lias near Tewksbury. 3(83):585-588 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96616: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 15.06.2010, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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"Avicula contorta" = Rhaetavicula contorta2
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