Strawberry Bank quarry, north of Ilminster: Falciferum, United Kingdom
collected by Charles Moore 1848

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Odonata - Liassogomphidae
Liassogomphidae indet. Tillyard 1935
Williams et al. 2015
TTNCM 39/2011/0509
Insecta - Necrotrichoptera - Necrotauliidae
Necrotaulius parvulus (Geinitz 1884)
Kelly et al. 2018 1 specimen
TTNCM 39/2011/0733
Insecta - Coleoptera
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758
Williams et al. 2015
TTNCM 39/2011/0640
Insecta - Hemiptera - Archegocimicidae
Archegocimicidae indet. Handlirsch 1906
Williams et al. 2015
TTNCM 39/2011/0707
Insecta - Hemiptera
Fulgoridulum sp. Handlirsch 1939
Williams et al. 2015
TTNCM 39/2011/0594
Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Elcanidae indet. Handlirsch 1906
Williams et al. 2015
TTNCM 39/2011/0523
Insecta - Dermaptera - Dermapteridae
Trivenapteron moorei n. gen., n. sp. Kelly et al. 2018
Kelly et al. 2018 1 specimen
TTNCM 489
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. (Cuvier 1805)
Reptilia
Pelagosaurus typus Bronn 1841
6 individuals
BRLSI M1397 (lower jaw fragment w/teeth), M1410 (dentary, scapula, vertebrae, ribs), M1411 (skeletal fragments), M1412 (skull 1/cervical vertebrae), M1413 (skull), M1414 (cervical vertebrae), M1415 (upper & lower jaw fragments w/teeth), M1416 (skull, vertebrae, ribs), M1417 (cervical rib, scutes, ilium, femur), M1418 (articulated juvenile skull & postcranium), M1419 (dorsal vertebrae, ribs, sacral vertebrae, pubis, ischium, femur, caudal vertebrae), M1420 (skull, sacral vertebrae, pubis, hind limb elements), M1421 (ilium, hind limb elements), M1422 (dorsal vertebrae, ribs), M1423 (dentary fragment), M1424 (dentary, scapula, metacarpal, scutes, ammonites, brachiopods), M1425 (dorsal vertebrae), M1426 (vertebrae, scutes and limb elements), M1427 (dentary fragment w/teeth, M1428 (lower jaw fragment) M1429 (surangular, angular, humerus, ribs, scutes), M1430 (scutes, dorsal ribs, metatarsal), M1431 (ribs, scutes), M3578 (articulated skull & postcranium)
Hauffiopteryx typicus Von Huene 1931
Caine and Benton 2011 6 individuals
BRLSI M1399–1401, 1403, 1404, 1406
Stenopterygius triscissus (Quenstedt 1856)
Caine and Benton 2011 4 individuals
original and current combination Ichthyosaurus triscissus
BRLSI M1405, 1407–1409
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae
Caturus sp. Agassiz 1834
Williams et al. 2015
BRLSI M1288 (described in Rayner, 1948)
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotus sp. (Agassiz 1832)
Williams et al. 2015
original and current combination Lepidotes
Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Leptolepis sp. Agassiz 1832
Williams et al. 2015
BRLSI M1259
Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Pachycormus sp. Agassiz 1833
Cawley et al. 2019
BRLSI M1341, M1351, M1366, M1393
Pachycormus macropterus (de Blainville 1818)
Williams et al. 2015
BRLSI M1297, M1299, M1320, M1332, M1359, M1389, M1395
Saurostomus esocinus Agassiz 1833
Williams et al. 2015
BRLSI M1308 (may be Saurostomus esocinus; mentioned in Woodward 1897)
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Somerset
Coordinates: 50.9° North, 2.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.3° North, 7.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Falciferum
Age range of interval:184.20000 - 182.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Lias Formation:Beacon Limstone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Reptile Bed (“Fish and Saurian” Bed of Moore, 1866) of the Junction Bed, Upper Lias (Toarcian; Lower Jurassic) (Cope et al., 1980; Bennett, 1987). The fossil-rich Reptile Bed is within the lower part of the Upper Lias within the falciferum ammonite zone (Fig. 1b).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:nodular,yellow "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The skeletal remains are contained within featureless limestone nodules; these nodules were extracted from the thin bed of yellow limestone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,concretion
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Charles Moore Collection dates:c.1848
Collection method comments: Repository: Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute collection (BRLSI); South West Heritage Trust, Taunton (TTNCM)
Metadata
Database number:132646
Authorizer:R. Benson, M. Carrano, P. Mannion, M. Clapham Enterer:R. Benson, M. Clapham, J. Tennant, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-08-23 18:44:18 Last modified:2019-05-29 22:52:04
Access level:the public Released:2012-08-23 18:44:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
42722. S. E. Pierce and M. J. Benton. 2006. Pelagosaurus typus Bronn, 1841 (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) from the Upper Lias (Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) of Somerset, England. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):621-635 [R. Benson/R. Benson]

Secondary references:

46320 H. Caine and M. J. Benton. 2011. Ichthyosauria from the Upper Lias of Strawberry Bank, England. Palaeontology 54(5):1069-1093 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
69062 J. J. Cawley, J. Kriwet, S. Klug and M. J. Benton. 2019. The stem group teleost Pachycormus (Pachycormiformes: Pachycormidae) from the Upper Lias (Lower Jurassic) of Strawberry Bank, UK. PalZ 93:285-302 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
64875 R. S. Kelly, A. J. Ross, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2018. Earwigs (Dermaptera) from the Mesozoic of England and Australia, described from isolated tegmina, including the first species to be named from the Triassic. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 107:129-143 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
65694 R. S. Kelly, A. J. Ross, and R. A. Coram. 2018. A review of necrotauliids from the Triassic/Jurassic of England (Trichoptera: Necrotauliidae). Psyche 2018:6706120 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
46676 P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
56798 M. Williams, M. J. Benton, and A. Ross. 2015. The Strawberry Bank Lagerstätte reveals insights into Early Jurassic life. Journal of the Geological Society 172:683-692 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]