Huntsman's Quarry: Middle Bathonian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830
Benton and Spencer 1995
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Benton and Spencer 1995
Reptilia - Rhamphorhynchidae
Rhamphocephalus sp. Seeley 1880
Benton and Spencer 1995
Reptilia - Megalosauridae
Megalosaurus sp. Parkinson 1822
Benton and Spencer 1995
Megalosaurus bucklandii Mantell 1827
Benton and Spencer 1995
Reptilia - Teleosauridae
Steneosaurus sp. Saint-Hilaire 1825
Benton and Spencer 1995
Steneosaurus brevidens Phillips 1871
Benton and Spencer 1995
Teleosaurus sublidens
Benton and Spencer 1995
Teleosaurus sp. Geoffroy 1825
Benton and Spencer 1995
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Benton and Spencer 1995
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884
Benton and Spencer 1995
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Benton and Spencer 1995
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Myophorella impressa
Benton and Spencer 1995
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
Benton and Spencer 1995
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella sp. Waagen 1907
Benton and Spencer 1995
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904
Benton and Spencer 1995
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Benton and Spencer 1995
Insecta - Coleoptera
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758
Benton and Spencer 1995
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51.0° North, 3.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.8° North, 7.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:157 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bathonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Middle Bathonian
Age range of interval:168.20000 - 165.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cotswold Slate Member:Eyford
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: early Middle Bathonian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,gray lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology:gray sandy "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "a) Sandstone, hard, grey (weathering brown), rarely passing into a brown, irregularly laminated fissile sandstone; b) Limestone, hard, grey, sandy"
Environment:offshore shelf
Geology comments: Deposited in estaurine or shallow offshore conditions. Ripple marks and invertebrate borings suggest very shallow marie conditions for this area.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Size sorting:medium
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,species names
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:57120
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:K. Maguire
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-12-02 10:06:02 Last modified:2013-04-05 14:05:58
Access level:the public Released:2005-12-02 10:06:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10557.ETE S. E. Evans and A. R. Milner. 1994. Middle Jurassic microvertebrate assemblages from the British Isles. In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods, N. C. Fraser and H.-D. Sues (eds.), Cambridge University Press 303-321 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

15587ETE M. J. Benton and P. S. Spencer. 1995. Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain. Chapman & Hall, London 1-386 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/J. Tennant]