Saltford, near Bath (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Great Western Railway

Where: Somerset, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 2.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 5.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lias Formation (Lower Lias Group), Early/Lower Jurassic (201.3 - 174.1 Ma)

• represents fossils found throughout ca. 70 ft of section, divided into 35 beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Wright. 1860. On the Zone of Avicula contorta, and the Lower Lias of the South of England. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 16:374-411 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198904: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 18.01.2019, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Cenoceratidae
"Nautilus striatus" = Cenoceras striatum
"Nautilus striatus" = Cenoceras striatum Sowerby 1817 nautiloid
 Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
 Ammonitida -
Ammonites bucklandi Quenstedt 1883 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
"Pleurotomaria similis" = Pleurotomaria anglica
"Pleurotomaria similis" = Pleurotomaria anglica Sowerby 1818 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
"n. sp."
Lima pectinoides file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
"Lima gigantea" = Crassadoma gigantea Gray 1825 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna hartmanni Zieten 1830 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
  - Aviculidae
Avicula sp. Bruguière 1791 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
"Rhynchonella variabilis" = Cirpa variabilis
"Rhynchonella variabilis" = Cirpa variabilis Schlotheim 1813
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
"Spirifera walcotti" = Spirifer
"Spirifera walcotti" = Spirifer
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinus sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Pentacrinus tuberculatus Quenstedt 1858 Sea lily
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus curtus Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch
Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ichthyosauridae
"Ichthyosaurus communis" = Ichthyosaurus communis, "Ichthyosaurus latimanus" = Ichthyosaurus communis
"Ichthyosaurus communis" = Ichthyosaurus communis Conybeare 1821 ichthyosaur
"Ichthyosaurus latimanus" = Ichthyosaurus communis Conybeare 1821 ichthyosaur
Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Tetragonolepis sp. Bronn 1830