Ayton Reef, Yorkshire, England: Middle Oxfordian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Polycidaridae
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Paracidaris sp.
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Serpulimorpha indet.
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys sp.
Röding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Lopha sp.
Röding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Nanogyra sp.
Beurlen 1958
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Gastrochaenidae
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Gastrochaena sp.
Spengler 1783
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Thamnasteriidae
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Thamnasteria concinna
(Goldfuss 1826)
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99 %-volume | |||||||||
| up 1 m across | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montlivaltiidae
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Isastrea explanata
(Münster 1829)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Rhabdophyllia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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rare category | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Tentilenticulina sp.
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Haplophragmoiidae
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Placopsilina sp.
d'Orbigny 1850
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| [entered as Placopsilima sp.] | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Yorkshire |
| Coordinates: | 54.3° North, 0.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.0° North, 9.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Jurassic | *Epoch: | Malm |
| *International age/stage: | Middle Oxfordian | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Oxfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified framestone |
| Lithology description: Thamnasteria biolithite, corals form 90% of rock | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Bioerosion: | occasional |
| Encrustation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 2637 | ||
| Database number: | 22784 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-06-26 02:34:12 | Last modified: | 2002-06-26 05:34:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-06-26 02:34:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6561. | E. Insalaco. 1999. Facies and palaeoecology of Upper Jurassic (Middle Oxfordian) coral reefs in England. Facies 40:81-100 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |