Headington (Coral Rag Mb): Middle Oxfordian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montlivaltiidae
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Isastrea sp.
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
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common category | |||||||||
Thecosmilia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Polycidaridae
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Anisocidaris smithii
(Wright 1857)
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Smith 2015 | |||||||||
Paracidaris florigemma
(Phillips 1829)
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Smith 2015 | |||||||||
Echinoidea
- Pedinoida
- Pedinidae
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Hemipedina tuberculosa
Wright 1855
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Smith 2015 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Pliosauridae
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Pliosaurus grossouvrei
(Sauvage 1873)
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Lydekker 1889 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BMNH 47044 (tooth, fig. 40), Brown collection, presented by Sir R. Owen, K.C.B., 1852 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Oxfordshire |
Coordinates: | 51.8° North, 1.2° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.4° North, 8.7° 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 |
Key time interval: | Middle Oxfordian | Ammonoid zone: | Cardioceras tenuiserratum |
Age range of interval: | 161.20000 - 155.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Coralline Oolite | Member: | Coral Rag |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Lithology description: rubbly "coral rag" | |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with calcite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 42340 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, M. Clapham, R. Benson | Enterer: | B. Brenneis, R. Benson, M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-07-28 08:58:01 | Last modified: | 2018-09-03 22:22:14 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-28 08:58:01 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11186. | P. E. Negus. 1983. Distribution of the British Jurassic corals. Proceedings of the Geologists` Association 94(3):251-257 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis] |
Secondary references:
33960 | R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia [M. Carrano/H. Street/R. Benson] | |
66694 | A. B. Smith. 2015. British Jurassic regular echinoids. Part 1, Introduction, Cidaroida, Echinothurioida, Aspidodiadematoida and Pedinoida. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 169(644):1-67 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |