Where: England, United Kingdom (51.2° N, 3.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 0.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Blue Lias Formation (Lias Group), Planorbis (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)
• distance above base of Wilton member, Blue Anchor Fm.; Heliosporites reissingeri Zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, peel or thin section,
• Housed in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol.
Primary reference: L. Mander, R. J. Twitchett, and M. J. Benton. 2008. Palaeoecology of the Late Triassic extinction event in the SW UK. Journal of the Geological Society, London 165:319-332 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78494: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 07.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Liostrea hisingeri oyster | |
"Modiolus hillanus" = Modiolus (Cyranus) hillanus
"Modiolus hillanus" = Modiolus (Cyranus) hillanus Sowerby 1818 mussel |