Lyme Regis, Dorset (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (50.7° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 3.8° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Semicostatum (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• bucklandi zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. E. Negus. 1983. Distribution of the British Jurassic corals. Proceedings of the Geologists` Association 94(3):251-257 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42202: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 26.07.2004, edited by Hallie Street

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae
 Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
"Thecosmilia rugosa" = Phacelostylophyllum rugosum
"Thecosmilia rugosa" = Phacelostylophyllum rugosum Laube 1865 stony coral
Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ichthyosauridae
Ichthyosaurus conybeari n. sp. Lydekker 1888 ichthyosaur
BMNH 38523 (holotype, partial skeleton); IGS 956
Ichthyosaurus breviceps Owen 1881 ichthyosaur
BMNH 43006, R216, R1074, R3367, 39263, 33277
Ichthyosaurus communis Conybeare 1821 ichthyosaur
BMNH R1073, 36256, R12, R1071, 39492