Half a mile west of Bridport Harbour (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 2.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 6.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dyrham Formation, Margaritatus (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• Presumably from the Eype Starfish bed

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: W. J. Broderip. 1835. Description of some fossil Crustacea and Radiata. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2:201-202 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139749: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Lerin Baltzly on 17.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

Ophiuroidea
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae
"Ophiura egertoni n. sp." = Palaeocoma milleri
"Ophiura egertoni n. sp." = Palaeocoma milleri Phillips 1829 brittle star