Stowell Park borehole (jurense Zone, dispansum Subzone, 389-429ft): Late/Upper Toarcian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Megateuthididae
Acrocoelites sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae
Hammatoceras sp.
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma inequivalve (Sowerby 1819)
recombined as Oxytoma inequivalvis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea duplicata (Sowerby 1814)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium aff. liasianum
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Variamussium pumilum
synonym of Parvamussium
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia (Cultriopsis) sp. Cossman 1904
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya sp. (Meek 1873)
original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Myophorella (Scaphotrigonia) literata
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
Holcorhynchia sp. Buckman 1917
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Aulacothyris sp. Douville 1880
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51.8° North, 1.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.8° North, 8.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Toarcian Ammonoid zone: jurense
Age range of interval:180.10000 - 175.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Lias Formation:Upper Lias
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Zone undetermined, but includes jurense Zone, dispansum Subzone" (Melville 1956)
"389ft 2in - 428ft 8in" (Melville 1956)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray silty sandstone
Lithology description: "Grey silty sand, with subordinate sandy shale and dark green charnositic layers" (Green & Melville 1956)
Environment:marine 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:204109
Authorizer:A. Dunhill Enterer:B. Allen
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2019-08-31 06:16:08 Last modified:2022-09-28 13:47:52
Access level:the public Released:2019-08-31 06:16:08
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]