Kirtlington 3o (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (51.0° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 9.4° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Forest Marble Formation (Great Oolite Group), Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• 3o bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified packstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: W.S. McKerrow, R.T. Johnson, and M.E. Jakobson. 1969. Palaeoecological studies in the Great Oolite at Kirtlington, Oxfordshire. Palaeontology 12(1):56-83 [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/F. Fursich]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37507: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 16.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora pratti Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea limitata M'Coy 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria lyelli Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Epithyris oxonica Arkell 1931
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
Lithophaga fabella Eudes-Deslongchamps 1838 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteroperna sp. Lycett 1850 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia waltoni Lycett 1863 oyster
Costigervillia sp. Cox 1948 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaeidae indet. Stewart 1930 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Sphaeriola sp. Stoliczka 1871 clam
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullinidae indet. Cossmann 1918 snail
described as ?Natica
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
spines