Stowell Park borehole (C. turneri Zone, P. alcinoe Subzone, 1602-1632ft): Sinemurian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo oviformis (Eck 1865)
Palaeoneilo galatea (d'Orbigny 1850)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Palaeonucula) navis (Piette 1868)
recombined as Palaeonucula navis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte camertonensis
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya sp. Agassiz 1842
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina limbata
? Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Anningia faberi
replaced by Anningella
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Plagiostoma) aff. gigantea Sowerby 1814
corrected as Plagiostoma giganteum
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pergamidiidae
Semuridia sp. Melville 1956
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella cf. hagenowi
Bivalvia - Pterioida - Prospondylidea
Terquemia arietis
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Amberleya cf. elegans
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Pararnioceras alcinoe (Reynes 1879)
Spath 1956
recombined as Coroniceras alcinoe
Arnioceras nodulosum
Spath 1956
Arnioceras hartmanni
Spath 1956
Arnioceras cf. dimorphum
Spath 1956
Arnioceras pseudoturneri n. sp. Spath 1956
Spath 1956
Arnioceras bodleyi Buckman 1844
Spath 1956
Arnioceras cf. speciosum Fucini 1902
Spath 1956
Arnioceras semicostatum (Young and Bird 1828)
Spath 1956
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae
Sulciferites sp. Spath 1922
Spath 1956
synonym of Angulaticeras
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
"Ornithella" cf. sarthacensis (d'Orbigny 1850)
recombined as Zeilleria (Zeilleria) sarthacensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51.8° North, 1.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.5° North, 3.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Sinemurian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 1
Key time interval:Sinemurian Ammonoid zone: Pararnioceras alcinoe
Age range of interval:199.50000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Lias Formation:Lower Lias
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Caenisites turneri Zone, Pararnioceras alcinoe Subzone" (Melville 1956)
"1602ft - 1632ft" (Melville 1956)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lime mudstone
Lithology description: "Dark grey and black calcareous mudstone, often indurated, with subordinate shale bands and occasional limestone nodules and bands" (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:204151
Authorizer:A. Dunhill Enterer:B. Allen
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2019-09-02 04:36:57 Last modified:2022-09-28 13:44:40
Access level:the public Released:2019-09-02 04:36:57
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]

Secondary references:

69966 L. F. Spath. 1956. The Liassic Ammonite Faunas of the Stowell Park Borehole. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britiain 11:140-179 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]