Nettleton Bottom Chalk Quarry, Lincolnshire, Pecten Ironstone Formation (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.5° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 7.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pecten Ironstone Formation, Ibex (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• The Pecten Ironstone forms the base of the ibex zone.

•Nettleton

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: M. J. Bradshaw and S.R. Penney. 1982. A cored Jurassic sequence from north Lincolnshire, England: stratigraphy, facies analysis and regional context. Geological Magazine 119(2):113-134 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38372: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 21.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pseudopecten sp. Bayle 1878 scallop