Stowell Park borehole (Upper Rhaetic Beds, 2047-2066ft): Rhaetian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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| fin spine fragments | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Schizodidae
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"Schizodus" ewaldi
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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"Gervillia" cf. praecursor
Quenstedt 1858
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| recombined as Bakevellia (Bakevelloides) praecursor | ||||||||||
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Branchiopoda
- Euestheriidae
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Euestheria minuta
(von Zieten 1833)
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| original and current combination Posidonia minuta | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Gloucestershire |
| Coordinates: | 51.8° North, 1.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.4° North, 1.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Rhaetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rhaetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cotham | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "2047ft - c. 2065ft 6in" (Melville 1956) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green mudstone |
| 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 |
| Taxonomic list comments:"? gastrolith of vertebrate" (Melville 1956) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 204163 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Dunhill | Enterer: | B. Allen |
| Modifier: | B. Allen | ||
| Created: | 2019-09-02 06:52:41 | Last modified: | 2019-09-02 09:34:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-09-02 06:52:41 |
| 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] |