Dorset BR52: Kimmeridgian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
13 individuals
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
3 individuals
ctenostome
Sabellida - Serpulidae
4 individuals
Gastropoda
2 individuals
originally entered as "Gastropod sp."
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
3 individuals
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Amberleya sp. Morris and Lycett 1851
4 individuals
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
5 individuals
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Alaria sp. Morris and Lycett 1851
2 individuals
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctidae indet. Steinmann 1890
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
2 individuals
Anisocardia sp. Munier-Chalmas 1863
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
18 individuals
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
1 individual
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Deltoideum delta (Smith 1817)
4 individuals
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
37 individuals
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
4 individuals
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930
8 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Dorset
Coordinates: 50.6° North, 2.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.6° North, 14.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
*Epoch:Malm
Key time interval: Kimmeridgian Zone:  baylei
Age range of interval: 154.8 - 149.2 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kimmeridge Clay
Local section:BR Local bed:52
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified claystone
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:1613
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-05-18 03:46:55 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-05-18 03:46:55
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
41. F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]