Dorset BR44 (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: cautisnigrae zone, Trigonia clavellata Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, intraclastic, silty wackestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1608: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 18.05.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp.
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
spine
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Nucleolites scutatus
Nucleolites scutatus Lamarck 1816 sea urchin
 Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
Acrosalenia decorata
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet.
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
originally entered as "Belemnite sp."
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina rotundata
Lucina rotundata Roemer 1835 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Gresslya sp., Ceratomya sp.
Gresslya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
Ceratomya sp. Sandberger 1864 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia sp., Anisocardia isocardioides, Anisocardia "sp.2", Isocyprina glabra, Isocyprina cyreniformis, Isocyprina sp.
Anisocardia sp. Munier-Chalmas 1863 clam
Anisocardia "sp.2" Munier-Chalmas 1863 clam
sp.2
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp.
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Cardiida - Sowerbyidae
Sowerbya triangularis
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya aequalis
 Carditida - Astartidae
Opis sp., Astarte cf. curvirostris, Astarte morini
Opis sp. Defrance 1824 clam
Trigonopis
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella clavellata
Myophorella clavellata Parkinson 1811 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Arcomytilus pectinatus, Modiolus ungulatus, Modiolus sp., Modiolus bipartitus
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp., "Camptochlamys intertextus" = Chlamys (Camptochlamys), Eopecten sp., Radulopecten varians, Radulopecten fibrosus
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
"Camptochlamys intertextus" = Chlamys (Camptochlamys) scallop
Eopecten sp. Douvillé 1897 scallop
Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula elliptica, Ctenostreon proboscideum, Plagiostoma mutabile
Limatula elliptica Whiteaves 1861 file clam
Ctenostreon proboscideum Sowerby 1820 file clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Deltoideum delta
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Deltoideum delta Smith 1817 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella aviculoides
Gervillella aviculoides Sowerby 1814 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria pteropernoides, Pteroperna polyodon
Pteroperna polyodon pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp.
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Trichites sp.
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea contracta
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp.
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
"Cylindrites sp." = Rugalindrites
"Cylindrites sp." = Rugalindrites Gründel and Nützel 2012 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Obornella sp.
Obornella sp. Cox 1959 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Alaria sp." = Dicroloma
"Alaria sp." = Dicroloma Gabb 1868 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp.
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail