Wilmcote (Brodie coll): Planorbis, United Kingdom
collected by Rev Brodie

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae
Gryllidae informal indet. 2 (Laicharting 1781)
Zeuner 1939 1 specimen
Grylloides
BMNH I. 239 (hind femur)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
Holcoptera schlotheimi (Giebel 1856)
Kelly et al. 2017 1 specimen
NHMUK I.10491
Insecta - Coleoptera
Protocuneus punctatus n. gen., n. sp. Cockerell 1915
Cockerell 1915 1 specimen
Lacoe 3426 (USNM 61397) coll Brodie (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Liassophlebiidae
Liassophlebia sp. Tillyard 1925
1 specimen
BMNH I 11029
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Coleiidae
Coleia barrovensis (M'Coy 1849)
Woods 1925
original and current combination Eryon barrovensis
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aegeridae
Aeger brodiei n. sp. Woodward 1888
Woodward 1888 1 specimen
BMNH I. 3022
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Somerset
Coordinates: 52.2° North, 1.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.6° North, 1.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Hettangian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 1
Key time interval:Planorbis
Age range of interval:201.30000 - 196.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Lias Formation:Blue Lias
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Occurs above the "Ostrea beds", so likely in the Planorbis zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:carbonate indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: European epicontinental seaway
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH,USNM
Collectors:Rev Brodie
Collection method comments: Most of Brodie's material is in the BMNH, but some was given to Lacoe (collection now in the USNM)
Metadata
Database number:115460
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-09-02 02:52:53 Last modified:2022-09-28 13:27:58
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-02 02:52:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37357. R. J. Tillyard. 1925. The British Liassic Dragonflies. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 1:1-40 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]

Secondary references:

37729 T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. British fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49:469-499 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
63023 R. S. Kelly, A. J. Ross, and P. Davidson. 2017. Mesozoic Holcoptera (Coleoptera: Coptoclavidae) from England and the United States. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 128:659-674 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
81954 H. Woods. 1925. A Monograph of the Fossil Macrurous Crustacea of England, Part II 17-40 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44958decapod H. Woodward. 1888. On a new species of Aeger from the Lower Lias, of Wilmcote, Warwickshire. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade III 5:385-387 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly/M. Clapham]
39932 F. E. Zeuner. 1939. Fossil Orthoptera Ensifera 1-321 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]