Snowshill Hill Quarry, Gloucestershire (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.0° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 8.7° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Great Oolite Group, Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• marls and clays with abundance of molluscs and brachiopods

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 42327: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 28.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria lyelli
Thamnasteria lyelli Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cryptocoenia sp., Cyathophora pratti
Cryptocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Cyathophora pratti Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Trigerastraea sp.
Trigerastraea sp. Alloiteau 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dendraraea excelsa
Dendraraea excelsa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea limitata
Isastrea limitata M'Coy 1848 stony coral