Woodeaton WL 4 (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 9.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ardley Member (White Limestone Formation), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: T. J. Palmer. 1979. The Hampen Marly and White Limestones Formations: Florida-type carbonate lagoons in the Jurassic of central England. Palaeontology 22(1):189-228 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36553: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 03.02.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Calycina - Diplopodiidae
"Pseudodiadema sp." = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema)
"Pseudodiadema sp." = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema) Desor 1858 sea urchin
unclassified
  -
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809
terebelloid
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia -
"Fibula phasianoides" = Ceritella (Fibula)
"Fibula phasianoides" = Ceritella (Fibula) snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus (Inoperna) plicatus" = Mytilus (Pharomytilus) plicatus, "Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus (Inoperna) plicatus" = Mytilus (Pharomytilus) plicatus Sowerby 1819 mussel
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes annulatus Sowerby 1826 scallop
Radulopecten vagans Sowerby 1826 scallop
Chlamys (Radulopecten) vagans
 Pectinida - Limidae
Ctenostreon rugosum Smith 1817 file clam
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis fibrosa Laube 1867 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Costigervillia crassicosta Morris and Lycett 1853 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Eonavicula minuta Sowerby 1824 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Epithyris oxonica Arkell 1931
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
"Berenicea" sp. Lamouroux 1821
 Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora dichotoma Lamoureux 1821