Shipton 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; limestone

• coral bed

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
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
S. (Dorsoserpula) sp. 0.2%, S. (Cycloserpula) sp. 0.7%, S. (Tetraserpula) sp. 0.2%
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Trochotomidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes annulatus Sowerby 1826 scallop
Camptonectes rigidus Sowerby 1818 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma subcardiiformis Greppin 1867 file clam
Lima (Plagiostoma) subcardiiformis
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Eonavicula minuta Sowerby 1824 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Thecideida - Thecidellinidae
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Epithyris oxonica Arkell 1931
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
? ctenostome
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
"Berenicea" sp. Lamouroux 1821
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Isastrea/Thamnasteria
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Enaulofungia sp. Fromentel 1860 calcareous sponge