Stowell Park borehole (D. tenuicostatum Zone, 720-723ft): Early/Lower Toarcian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Coelodiscidae
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Coelodiscus minutus
(Schubler 1833)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte sp.
Sowerby 1816
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula cf. spinosa
Sowerby 1819
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pseudopecten dentatus
(Sowerby 1829)
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| recombined as Pecten (Pecten) dentatus | |||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Dactylioceratidae
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Dactylioceras (Orthodactylites) sp.
(Buckman 1926)
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Spath 1956 | ||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Hildoceratidae
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Tiltoniceras sp.
Buckman 1913
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Spath 1956 | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchonellidae
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"Rhynchonella" cf. capitula
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Norellidae
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Nannirhynchia cf. pygmaea
(Morris 1847)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Spiriferinidae
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Spiriferina sp.
d'Orbigny 1847
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Gloucestershire |
| Coordinates: | 51.8° North, 1.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.3° North, 8.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Toarcian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Toarcian | Ammonoid zone: | Dactyloceras tenuicostatum |
| Age range of interval: | 184.20000 - 182.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Lias | Formation: | Upper Lias | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "720ft - 723ft 5in" (Melville 1956) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | mudstone |
| Lithology description: "Light grey and black shale and mudstone" (Green & Melville 1956) | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | core |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 204118 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Dunhill | Enterer: | B. Allen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2019-08-31 07:41:35 | Last modified: | 2022-09-28 13:49:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-08-31 07:41:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 69925. | R. V. Melville. 1956. The Stratigraphical Palaeontology, ammonites excluded, of the Stowell Park borehole. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain 11:67-139 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] |
Secondary references:
| 69966 | L. F. Spath. 1956. The Liassic Ammonite Faunas of the Stowell Park Borehole. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britiain 11:140-179 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] |