Dorset BH14 (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: transversarium zone, Osmington Oolite Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, bioturbated, intraclastic, sandy packstone and marl

• fine-sandy nodular limestone with scattered ooids, intraclasts, in place rich in shell debris, with thin interstices of fine-sandy marl

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 Unpublished data.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 5937: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Hans Eichiner on 29.12.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Lithistida -
"Polystoma sp." = Polystomiella
"Polystoma sp." = Polystomiella Reid 2004 demosponge
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes sp. Waagen 1869 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Obornella sp. Cox 1959 snail
Bathrotomaria sp. Cox 1956 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula sp. Wood 1839 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Deltoideum delta Smith 1817 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya literata Sowerby 1819 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Opis sp. Defrance 1824 clam
Trigonopis
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella sp. Bayle 1878 clam
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cycloserpula
Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Nucleolites scutatus Lamarck 1816 sea urchin
 Irregularia - Pygasteridae