Pinhay Bay at the Blue Lias in Southern Britian (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 2.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 2.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Blue Lias Formation (Lias Group), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified marl
• Includes limestone, marl, clay, and paper shale.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. M. Gilliland. 1992. Holothurians in the Blue Lias of Southern Britain. Palaeontology 35(1):159-210 [A. Miller/D. Schramm/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41623: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Danielle Schramm on 19.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Holothuroidea | |
Binoculites jurassica Frizzell and Exline 1955 sea cucumber
Binoculites terquemi Deflandre-Rigaud 1952 sea cucumber | |
Theelia convexa Whidborne 1883 sea cucumber
Theelia synapta Gilliland 1992 sea cucumber | |
Achistrum monochordata Hodson et al. 1956 sea cucumber |