Dorset SL-RCB2a: Kimmeridgian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
1 individual
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya literata (Sowerby 1819)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya sp. (Meek 1873)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Deltoideum delta (Smith 1817)
2 individuals
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Arcomytilus sp. Agassiz 1843
2 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Dorset
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 2.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.8° North, 14.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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 Member:Ringstead Coral Bed
Local section:SL-RCB Local bed:2a
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ooidal lithified argillaceous wackestone
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite,replaced with calcite
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:1912
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:F. Fursich Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-06-11 08:40:39 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:27
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

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 Unpublished data.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