Glamorgan 3: Middle Hettangian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Alsatites liasicus (d'Orbigny 1844)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae
Psilophyllites hagenowi
Psiloceras (Caloceras) sp. ()
original and current combination Caloceras
Psiloceras (Laqueoceras) aff. laqueus
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae
Schlotheimia (Waehneroceras) megastoma
Schlotheimia (Waehneroceras) cf. portlocki
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae
Nautilus striatus Sowerby 1817
recombined as Cenoceras striatum
Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina cf. minuta
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana complanata
Bivalvia - Pterioida - Prospondylidea
Terquemia arietis
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus hillanus (Sowerby 1818)
recombined as Modiolus (Cyranus) hillanus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea irregularis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna hartmanni Zieten 1830
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Plagiostoma) giganteum (Sowerby 1814)
Pseudolimea hettangiensis (Terquem 1855)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys subulata (Goldfuss 1834)
recombined as Camptonectes subulatus
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya unionides
Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia listeri (Sowerby 1817)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria perforata (Piette 1856)
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus tuberculatus
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia guettardi
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 51.0° North, 3.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.2° North, 1.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Hettangian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 1
*International age/stage:Middle Hettangian
Key time interval:Middle Hettangian Ammonoid zone: Alsatites liasicus
Age range of interval:201.40000 - 199.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Lias Formation:Blue Lias
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Alsatites liasicus Zone, laqueus Subzone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified lime mudstone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified marl
Environment:offshore ramp
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:29232
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:A. Tomasovych
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-03-27 09:18:41 Last modified:2022-09-28 13:41:24
Access level:group members Released:2005-03-27 09:18:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8366. A. Hallam. 1960. A sedimentary and faunal study of the Blue Lias of Dorset and Glamorgan. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London 243:1-44 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych/A. Tomasovych]