Shipton WL 2 (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; claystone

• fimbriata - waltoni clay

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 36557: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 03.02.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Valvatidae
Valvata sp. Müller 1774 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula hulliana, "Cuspidaria ibbetsoni" = Rostrocorbula ibbetsoni
"Cuspidaria ibbetsoni" = Rostrocorbula ibbetsoni Morris 1853 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia waltoni Lycett 1863 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis socialis Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam