Windsor Hill: Pliensbachian, United Kingdom
collected by W. Kühne 1939
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Tritylodontidae
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Oligokyphus minor n. sp.
Kühne 1956
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Oligokyphus major n. sp.
Kühne 1956
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More than 2000 isolated Oligokyphus elements are known | ||||||||||
Palaeonisciformes
- Birgeriidae
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Saurichthys acuminatus
Agassiz 1843
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Evans and Kermack 1994 | 5 elements | ||||||||
recombined as Birgeria acuminata | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
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Hybodus minor
Agassiz 1837
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Evans and Kermack 1994 | |||||||||
recombined as Rhomphaiodon minor | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
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Acrodus minimus
Agassiz 1839
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Evans and Kermack 1994 | 10 elements | ||||||||
recombined as Lissodus minimus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Acrodontidae
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Acrodus anningiae
Agassiz 1843
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2 elements | |||||||||
unclassified
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Arietitidae
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Arnioceras sp.
Hyatt 1867
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Eoderoceratidae
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Promicroceras sp.
Spath 1925
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Cephalopoda
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Belemnoidea indet.
Hyatt 1884
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten sp.
Müller 1776
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Oxytomidae
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Oxytoma inaquivalve
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original and current combination Avicula (Oxytoma) | ||||||||||
Meleagrinella sp.
Whitfield 1855
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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? Pseudolimea sp.
Douglas and Arkell 1932
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Gryphaea sp.
Lamarck 1801
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Somerset |
Coordinates: | 51.2° North, 2.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.3° North, 6.2° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
Stage: | Pliensbachian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 2 |
Key time interval: | Pliensbachian | ||
Age range of interval: | 192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Fissure fill deposit. Pliensbachian age is based upon the diverse marine invertebrate fauna |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | ferruginous,pebbly sandy "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | fissure fill |
Geology comments: "The fissure was a Neptunian dyke (a fissure opening under the sea)" (Evans & Kermack (1994) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Abundance in sediment: | common |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
Collection methods: | bulk,hydrochloric,field collection | ||
Collection size: | 2000 specimens | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
Collectors: | W. Kühne | Collection dates: | 1939 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Mendip 14, Shepton Mallet | ||
Database number: | 105605 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-02-23 01:33:21 | Last modified: | 2016-06-17 16:15:08 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-23 01:33:21 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
43866. | W. Kühne. 1956. The Liassic therapsid Oligokyphus. British Museum (Natural History), London 1-149 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
43869 | A. W. Crompton. 1964. On the skull of Oligokyphus. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 9(4):67-82 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
12169 | S. E. Evans and K. A. Kermack. 1994. Assemblages of small tetrapods from the Early Jurassic of Britain. In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods, N. C. Fraser and H.-D. Sues (eds.), Cambridge University Press 271-283 [R. Whatley/R. Whatley/R. Whatley] | |
12290 | P. L. Robinson. 1957. The Mesozoic fissures of the Bristol Channel area and their vertebrate faunas. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 43:260-228 [R. Whatley/R. Whatley/R. Butler] |