Dorset BR46: Oxfordian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Arcomytilus sp. Agassiz 1843
1 individual
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea contracta
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904
3 individuals
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
80 individuals
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon solitarium (Sowerby 1824)
2 individuals
synonym of Actinostreon gregareum
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
1 individual
Pteria pteropernoides
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Radulopecten varians
21 individuals
Radulopecten fibrosus (Sowerby 1816)
125 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula weymouthiana
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella maltonensis
1 individual
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte contejeani
1 individual
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya sp. Agassiz 1843
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882
1 individual
Anisocardia sp. Munier-Chalmas 1863
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa (Sowerby 1823)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Myophorella clavellata (Parkinson 1811)
11 individuals
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes sp. (Waagen 1869)
1 individual
original and current combination Stephanoceras (Perisphinctes)
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania heddingtonensis
5 individuals
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Dorset
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 2.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.4° North, 7.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
*Epoch:Malm
Key time interval:Oxfordian Zone: cautisnigrae
Age range of interval:161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Trigonia clavellata
Local section:BR Local bed:46
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:burrows,intraclastic unlithified argillaceous lime mudstone
Environment:offshore shelf Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:1610
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-05-18 03:34:29 Last modified:2017-07-04 17:24:04
Access level:the public Released:1999-05-18 03:34:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41. F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]