Dorset BR44: Oxfordian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930
18 individuals
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Myophorella clavellata (Parkinson 1811)
32 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Opis sp. Defrance 1824
2 individuals
Trigonopis
Astarte cf. curvirostris
2 individuals
Astarte morini
1 individual
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina rotundata (Roemer 1835)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya aequalis
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata (d'Orbigny 1822)
12 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina glabra
14 individuals
Isocyprina cyreniformis
2 individuals
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882
2 individuals
Anisocardia sp. Munier-Chalmas 1863
8 individuals
Anisocardia isocardioides
10 individuals
Anisocardia informal sp.2 Munier-Chalmas 1863
1 individual
sp.2
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. (Beyrich 1845)
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sowerbyidae
Sowerbya triangularis
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya sp. Sandberger 1864
1 individual
Gresslya sp. Agassiz 1843
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea contracta
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon solitarium (Sowerby 1824)
14 individuals
synonym of Actinostreon gregareum
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Deltoideum delta (Smith 1817)
6 individuals
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
102 individuals
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella aviculoides (Sowerby 1814)
17 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteroperna polyodon
1 individual
Pteria pteropernoides
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786
8 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium corneolum (Young and Bird 1828)
4 individuals
recombined as Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma mutabile
4 individuals
Limatula elliptica (Whiteaves 1861)
3 individuals
Ctenostreon proboscideum (Sowerby 1820)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
6 individuals
Camptochlamys intertextus
1 individual
spelled with current rank as Chlamys (Camptochlamys)
Eopecten sp. Douvillé 1897
2 individuals
Radulopecten varians
21 individuals
Radulopecten fibrosus (Sowerby 1816)
16 individuals
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus ungulatus
1 individual
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
3 individuals
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818
1 individual
Arcomytilus pectinatus
4 individuals
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827
1 individual
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Cylindrites sp. Gesner 1758
1 individual
replaced by Rugalindrites
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822
1 individual
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Alaria sp. Morris and Lycett 1851
1 individual
synonym of Dicroloma
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Obornella sp. Cox 1959
2 individuals
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895
1 individual
originally entered as "Belemnite sp."
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
6 individuals
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
1 individual
spine
Echinoidea - Nucleolitidae
Nucleolites scutatus Lamarck 1816
2 individuals
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
Acrosalenia decorata
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Dorset
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 2.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.4° North, 7.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
*Epoch:Malm
Key time interval:Oxfordian Zone: cautisnigrae
Age range of interval:161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Trigonia clavellata
Local section:BR Local bed:44
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:intraclastic lithified silty wackestone
Environment:offshore shelf Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:1608
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-05-18 03:25:34 Last modified:2017-07-04 17:23:44
Access level:the public Released:1999-05-18 03:25:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41. F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]