Staithes, Cleveland Basin, Grey Shale Mmb, GS26: Early Toarcian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Crinoidea
- Isocrinida
- Pentacrinitidae
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Seirocrinus subangularis
(Miller 1821)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Palaeonucula navis
(Piette 1868)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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| 64 specimens | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pleuromyidae
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| 13 specimens | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia truncata
Sowerby 1827
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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| 11 specimens | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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| 10 specimens | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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| 15 specimens | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Entolium lunare
(Roemer 1839)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pseudopecten equivalvis
(Sowerby 1816)
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Pseudolimea acuticostata
(Münster 1836)
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27 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Oxytomidae
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Oxytoma inequivalve
(Sowerby 1819)
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus scalprum
(Sowerby 1821)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Zygopleuridae
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Levipleura blainvillei
(Munster 1844)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 54.5° North, 0.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.8° North, 16.6° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Altitude: | 126 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early Jurassic |
| Stage: | Toarcian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Early Toarcian | Ammonoid zone: | Ammonite Zone Tenuicostatum |
| Age range of interval: | 184.2 - 182.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Whitby Mudstone | Member: | Grey Shale | ||
| Regional section: | Staithes | Regional bed: | 29 m | ||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Subzone Dactylioceras tenuicostatum | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone | ||
| Environment: | deep subtidal shelf | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | chemical,mechanical,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 213694 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-09-08 15:33:12 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-09-08 15:33:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 73768. | S. Danise, R. J. Twitchett, C. T. S. Little and M. E. Clemence. 2013. The Impact of Global Warming and Anoxia on Marine Benthic Community Dynamics: an Example from the Toarcian (Early Jurassic). Plos One 8(2) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |