Ringstead Bay: Late Kimmeridgian - Early Tithonian, United Kingdom
collected by Rev Brodie
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Metriorhynchidae
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Dakosaurus sp.
Quenstedt 1856
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Young et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MJML K484, siolated tooth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dorset |
| Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 2.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.2° North, 12.4° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Kimmeridgian - Early Tithonian | Ammonoid zone: | Aulacostephanus euxodus to Pectinatites pectinatus |
| Age range of interval: | 152.21 - 145.06 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kimmeridge Clay | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Kimmerdige Clay Formation at Ringstead Bay extends from the upper part of the Aulacostephanus euxodus Zone to the Pectinatites pectinatus zone according to Cox & Gallois (1981). This is Late Kimmeridgian to Early Tithonian (Gradstein et al. 2012). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collectors: | Rev Brodie |
Metadata
| Database number: | 138974 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Karr, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | R. Benson | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2013-02-05 06:12:16 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-02-05 06:12:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35209. | A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 46077 | B. M. Cox and R. W. Gallois. 1981. The stratigraphy of the Kimmeridge Clay of the Dorset type area and correlation with some other Kimmeridgian sequences. Institute of Geological Sciences, Report 80/4:1-44 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 51229 | M. T. Young, L. Steel, M. P. Rigby, E. A. Howlett, and S. Humphrey. 2014. Largest known specimen of the genus Dakosaurus (Metriorhynchidae: Geosaurini) from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Late Jurassic) of England, and an overview of Dakosaurus specimens discovered from this formation (including reworked specimens from the Woburn Sands Formation). Historical Biology [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |