Shellingford Crossroads: Middle Oxfordian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea sp. (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
20 %-volume
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
20 %-volume
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Fungiastraea sp. Alloiteau 1952
<1 %-volume
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823
60 %-volume
Demospongiae - Ancorinida - Geodiidae
Rhaxella sp.
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Enaulofungia sp. Fromentel 1860
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Paracidaris sp.
Echinoidea - Diplopodiidae
Diplopodia sp.
Ophiuroidea
Ophiurella sp. Agassiz 1836
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora sp. Bronn 1825
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra sp. Beurlen 1958
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteroperna sp. Lycett 1850
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814
Ctenostreon sp. Eichwald 1862
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Neocrassina sp. Fischer 1887
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sowerbyidae
Sowerbya sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783
Gastropoda - Nododelphinulidae
Metriomphalus sp. Cossmann 1916
Gastropoda - Procerithiidae
Procerithium sp. Cossmann 1902
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Bourguetia sp. Deshayes 1871
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Oxfordshire
Coordinates: 51.8° North, 1.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.4° North, 8.6° 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 Zone: Cardioceras tenuiserratum
Age range of interval:161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Coral Rag
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Lithology description: Coral limestones (rudstones)
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Bioerosion:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 546
Database number:22816
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-06-27 00:31:28 Last modified:2018-11-26 16:22:07
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-27 00:31:28
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]