Shilton WL 1 (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: Bladon Member (White Limestone Formation), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; calcareous sandstone

• lime sand

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 36555: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 03.02.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Globularia sp. Swainson 1840 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Dicroloma sp. Gabb 1868 snail
 Opisthobranchia -
Ceritella sp. Morris and Lycett 1851 snail
 Neritoidea - Neridomidae
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Cuspidaria ibbetsoni" = Rostrocorbula ibbetsoni
"Cuspidaria ibbetsoni" = Rostrocorbula ibbetsoni Morris 1853 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia loweana Morris and Lycett 1853 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia stricklandi Morris and Lycett 1853 cockle
 Cardiida - Quenstedtiidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia waltoni Lycett 1863 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes rigidus Sowerby 1818 scallop