deposit-feeder Bituminous shale biofacies, Lower Oxford Clay, Central England: Callovian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula craneae
Davidson 1876
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3 %-specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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| 1 %-specimens | ||||||||||
| sp. A | ||||||||||
| 3 %-specimens | ||||||||||
| 19 different species | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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| 5 %-specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Procerithiidae
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| 10 %-specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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| 7 %-specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Palaeonucula sp.
Quenstedt 1930
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4 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbulomima macneillii
Morris 1900
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5 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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| 1 %-specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Oxytomidae
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| 24 %-specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 %-specimens | |||||||||
| Flat oyster | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Posidoniidae
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Bositra buchii
(Roemer 1836)
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35 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna mitis
Zieten 1830
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1 %-specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.0° North, 1.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.8° North, 19.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Callovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 165.3 - 161.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Ancholme | Formation: | Oxford Clay | Member: | Lower |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: this deposit-feeder bituminous shales occupy the largest part of the Lower Oxford Clay | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | original aragonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 37950 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-03-28 05:59:57 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-03-28 05:59:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10108. | K. L. Duff. 1975. Palaeoecology of a Bituminous Shale - The Lower Oxford Clay of Central England. Palaeontology 18(3):443-482 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg] |