Digg Headland Beds 22-25: Oxfordian, United Kingdom
collected by J. Turner
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Cardioceratidae
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Cardioceras costellatum
Buckman 1925
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| recombined as Cardioceras (Subvertebriceras) costellatum | |||||||
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Cardioceras costicardia
Buckman 1926
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| recombined as Cardioceras (Cardioceras) costicardia | |||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Aspidoceratidae
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Peltoceras williamsoni
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Peltoceras arduennense
(d'Orbigny 1848)
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| recombined as Peltoceratoides (Parawedekindia) arduennensis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Isle of Skye |
| Coordinates: | 57.6° North, 6.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.1° North, 4.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Oxfordian | Ammonoid zone: | Cordatum |
| Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Great Estuarine | Formation: | Staffin Shale | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Costicardium Subzone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified claystone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: Grey, very fossiliferous clays | |||
| Environment: | sand shoal | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BGS |
| Collectors: | J. Turner |
| Collection method comments: Specimens also in Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 163718 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. McGowan | Enterer: | A. McGowan | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-11-10 04:20:20 | Last modified: | 2014-11-10 04:20:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-11-10 04:20:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 53387. | J. Turner. 1966. The Oxford Clay of Skye, Scalpay and Eigg. Scottish Journal of Geology 2(3):243-252 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan] |