Dorset, type section of Kimmeridge Clay: Late Kimmeridgian - Early Tithonian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Octopoda
- Trachyteuthididae
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| 5 individuals | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 2.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.3° North, 12.4° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Kimmeridgian - Early Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 152.21 - 145.06 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kimmeridge Clay | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Euxodus Zone - Lower Hudlestoni Zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified mudstone |
| Lithology description: oil shales and more oxygenated mudstones | |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 73315 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-06-12 02:50:52 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-06-12 02:50:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24621. | 1% 6520 | R. A. Hewitt and P. B. Wignall. 1988. Structure and phylogenetic significance of Trachyteuthis (Coleoidea) from the Kimmeridge Clay of England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 47(2):149-153 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |