Calcareous clay biofacies, Lower Oxford Clay, Central England: Callovian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Genicularia vertebralis
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2 %-specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Mollusca indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 %-specimens | |||||||||
| 13 different species | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Palaeonucula sp.
Quenstedt 1930
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8 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Mesosaccella morrisi
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32 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Oxytomidae
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Meleagrinella braamburiensis
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14 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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"Entolium" sp.
(Meek 1865)
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14 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Posidoniidae
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Bositra buchii
(Roemer 1836)
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10 %-specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Bositra buchi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Thracia depressa
(Sowerby 1823)
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1 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbulomima macneillii
Morris 1900
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3 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Procerithiidae
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Procerithium damonis
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12 %-specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.0° North, 1.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.8° North, 9.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Callovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Oxford Clay | Member: | Lower | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: This facies is restricted to the upper Grossouvrei Subzone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous claystone | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 37958 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-03-28 06:18:35 | Last modified: | 2006-06-17 11:17:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-03-28 06:18:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10108. | K. L. Duff. 1975. Palaeoecology of a Bituminous Shale - The Lower Oxford Clay of Central England. Palaeontology 18(3):443-482 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg] |