Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 0.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Avicula contorta other zone, Westbury Formation (Penarth Group), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, micaceous, pyritic, white sandstone and claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collected by H. Strickland

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ)

Primary reference: H. E. Strickland. 1842. On the occurrence of the Bristol Bone-Bed in the Lower Lias near Tewksbury. 3(83):585-588 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96616: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 15.06.2010, edited by Matthew Carrano

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