Stowell Park borehole (Lower Freestone, 233-346ft): Middle Jurassic, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
Acrosalenia sp. Agassiz 1840
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus bajocensis
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula socialis
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania lineata
Pseudomelania (Oonia) sp. ()
Gastropoda - Ptychomphalidae
? Ptychomphalus sp. Agassiz 1839
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia extensa
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina bellona
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Opis (Coelopis) gibbosa
original and current combination Coelopis
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Myophorella ? costatula
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia costata
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus imbricatus (Sowerby 1818)
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes rigidus Sowerby 1818
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Regalilima) oolitica
Lima (Plagiostoma) crickleyensis
original and current combination Plagiostoma
Pseudolimea duplicata (Sowerby 1814)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Variamussium sp. Sacco 1897
synonym of Parvamussium
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia pratti
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea nana
Cucullaea obliqua Lycett 1850
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Flabellirhynchia auriculifera
Globirhynchia cf. subobsoleta (Davidson 1852)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Plectothyris fimbria (Sowerby 1825)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora sp. Michelin 1843
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia trochoides Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51.8° North, 1.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.0° North, 8.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3-5
Key time interval:Middle Jurassic
Age range of interval:174.70000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Inferior Oolite Formation:Lower Freestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "233ft 4in - 346ft 2in" (Melville 1956)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ooidal sandy "limestone"
Lithology description: "The bulk of the Lower Freestone is white to grey or fawn current-bedded oolite. The lowest third contains much sand; comminuted shell-debris and small, rounded pellets of calcite-mudstone are scattered throughout. The basal 3.5ft were decalcified, with soft, chalky ooliths in a porous friable matrix." (Green & Melville 1956)
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BGS
Metadata
Database number:204105
Authorizer:A. Dunhill Enterer:B. Allen
Modifier:B. Allen
Created:2019-08-31 05:54:28 Last modified:2019-09-02 08:49:23
Access level:the public Released:2019-08-31 05:54:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
69925. R. V. Melville. 1956. The Stratigraphical Palaeontology, ammonites excluded, of the Stowell Park borehole. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain 11:67-139 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]