Bed 8 (Hudson et. al. 1995) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (56.9° N, 6.2° W: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 4.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kildonnan Member (Lealt Shale Formation), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified, shelly/skeletal shale and lithified, gray mudstone

• 3 layers: 1) Calcilutite bed: fibrous calcite at top. 2) shale, shelly layers. 3) grey mudstone, fish scales.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. D. Hudson, J. B. Riding, M. I. Wakefield and W. Walton. 1995. Jurassic Paleosalinities and Brackish-water Communities-A Case Study. Palaios 10(5):392-405 [A. Miller/D. Schramm/D. Schramm]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40718: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Danielle Schramm on 28.06.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Concostracans sp.
RCA Scale 2 of 5
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis socialis Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
RCA Scale 3 of 5
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
Neomiodon sublaevis clam
RCA Scale 3 of 5