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; limestone
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 36556: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 03.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta | |
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 S. (Dorsoserpula) sp. 0.2%, S. (Cycloserpula) sp. 0.7%, S. (Tetraserpula) sp. 0.2%
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Gastropoda | |
Trochotoma obtusa snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Myoconcha acteon clam | |
Anisocardia minima clam | |
Gastrochaenopsis sp. clam | |
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel | |
Camptonectes annulatus Sowerby 1826 scallop
Camptonectes rigidus Sowerby 1818 scallop | |
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Hypotrema sp. oyster | |
Praeexogyra hebridica oyster | |
Eonavicula minuta Sowerby 1824 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Epithyris oxonica Arkell 1931 | |
Bryozoa | |
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Stenolaemata | |
"Berenicea" sp. Lamouroux 1821 | |
Anthozoa | |
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Calcarea | |
Enaulofungia sp. Fromentel 1860 calcareous sponge |