Headington (Coral Rag Mb): 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)
common category
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Anisocidaris smithii (Wright 1857)
Smith 2015
Paracidaris florigemma (Phillips 1829)
Smith 2015
Echinoidea - Pedinoida - Pedinidae
Hemipedina tuberculosa Wright 1855
Smith 2015
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Pliosaurus grossouvrei (Sauvage 1873)
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]