ILM-9950, Seavington section 2, Ilminster (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Somerset, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 8.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Barrington Member (Beacon Limestone Formation), Thouarsense (180.1 - 175.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray claystone and lenticular, concretionary limestone

• dark gray clay with bands of lenticular limestone concretions

Size class: microfossils

Collected in 1987

Primary reference: I. Boomer. 1992. Lower Jurassic ostracods from Ilminster, Somerset, England. Journal of Micropalaeontology 11(1):47-57 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 33351: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 28.07.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Abundance data given as very rare (0-2 counts); rare (3-5 counts); few (6-15 counts); common (16-25 counts); and abundant (>26 counts). Data entered as 2, 3, 6, 16, 26 specimens accordingly for each category.
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Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella praecadomensis, Cytherella toarcensis
Cytherella toarcensis Bizon 1960 ostracod
 Podocopida -
Rutlandella transversiplicata
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia ohmerti
 Podocopida - Progonocytheridae
Kinkelinella sermoisensis, Kinkelinella costata, "Ektyphocythere anterocosta" = Kinkelinella (Ektyphocythere)
"Ektyphocythere anterocosta" = Kinkelinella (Ektyphocythere) ostracod
 Podocopida -
Wellandia faveolata
 Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Monoceratina scrobiculata
 Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Otocythere callosa, Cytheropteron supraliassicum, Cytheropteron (Infracytheropteron) sp., Cytheropteron alafastigatum
Cytheropteron alafastigatum Fischer 1962 ostracod
 Podocopida - Sigilliidae
Cardobairdia spp.
Cardobairdia spp. van den Bold 1960 ostracod