Where: Somerset, United Kingdom (51.0° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 0.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Westbury Formation (Penarth Group), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: recrystallized
Reposited in the BGS, BMNH
Collection methods: salvage,
• Material also held in Bristol City Museum
Primary reference: M. J. Barker and M. C. Munt. 1999. Gastropods. In A. Swift (ed.), Fossils of the Rhaertian Penarth Group [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 62956: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 02.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
"Promathilda rhaetica" = Promathildia, "? Promathilda decorata" = Promathildia
"Promathilda rhaetica" = Promathildia snail
"? Promathilda decorata" = Promathildia snail | |
"Chemnitzia" granum snail | |
Zygopleura henrici snail | |
Solarioconulus waltonii snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Gervillia" ornata, "Gervillia praecursor" = Bakevellia (Bakevelloides) praecursor
"Gervillia" ornata oyster
"Gervillia praecursor" = Bakevellia (Bakevelloides) praecursor Quenstedt 1858 oyster | |
Plagiostoma punctatum Sowerby 1818 file clam | |
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina Winkler 1859 scallop | |
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam | |
Cercomya praecursor clam | |
? Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam | |
Pteromya crowcombeia Moore 1861 clam | |
"Lyriomyophoria postera" = Elegantinia
"Lyriomyophoria postera" = Elegantinia clam | |
Ryderia titei clam |