Where: United Kingdom (57.4° N, 6.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 1.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Scalpa Formation, Margaritatus (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• Calcareous nodules in the Scalpa Sandstone, where the associated fauna also suggests a low horizon in the Domerian.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, nodular sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. V. Ager. 1954. The genus Gibbirhynchia in the British Domerian. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 65:25-51 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138185: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Gibbirhynchia amalthei Quenstedt 1852 |