Ayton Off-Reef, Yorkshire, England: Middle Oxfordian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Rhabdophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Demospongiae - Ancorinida - Geodiidae
Rhaxella sp.
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Paracidaris sp.
Echinoidea - Diplopodiidae
Pseudodiadema sp. Desor 1858
spelled with current rank as Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema)
Echinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Hemicidaris sp. Agassiz 1838
Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae
Moorelina sp. ()
original and current combination Moorellina
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria sp. Bayle 1878
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra sp. Beurlen 1958
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Neocrassina sp. Fischer 1887
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Nododelphinulidae
Metriomphalus sp. Cossmann 1916
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827
[entered as Nerinaea sp.]
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862
Bourguetia sp. Deshayes 1871
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
abundant category
see common names

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 packstone
Lithology description: Solenopora-gastropod sands
Environment:sand shoal
Taphonomy
Bioerosion:occasional
Encrustation:none
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:22785
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-06-26 02:37:12 Last modified:2002-06-26 05:37:12
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-26 02:37:12
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]