Stowell Park borehole (Taynton Stone, 68-87ft): Middle Jurassic, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania (Oonia) sp. ()
Gastropoda - Procerithiidae
Procerithium minchinhamptonense
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia brevis
Tancredia extensa
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula buckmani Lycett 1863
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte squamula d'Archiac 1843
Astarte oolitharum Cossmann 1925
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon bynei
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis minima Sowerby 1824
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella sp. Whitfield 1855
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis socialis Morris and Lycett 1853
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Plagiostoma) cardiiformis
original and current combination Plagiostoma
Lima (Plagiostoma) bynei Cox and Arkell 1948
Pseudolimea sp. Douglas and Arkell 1932
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea (Liostrea) hebridica Forbes 1851
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
Acrosalenia sp. Agassiz 1840
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51.8° North, 1.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.0° North, 8.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3-5
Key time interval:Middle Jurassic
Age range of interval:174.70000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Great Oolite Formation:Taynton Stone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "68ft 8in - 87ft" (Melville 1956)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ooidal "limestone"
Lithology description: "The Taynton Stone was recognised by its characteristic lithology as well as by its stratigraphical position. It is richly fossiliferous, but the fauna is the Corbula-Tancredia assemblage typical of current-bedded oolites in general and is of little help in determining the horizon. Typically the rock is a cream-coloured coarse oolite with abundant shell-fragments arranged in wisps, scattered marl pellets and some diffuse marly patches." (Green & Melville 1956)
Environment:carbonate 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:204056
Authorizer:A. Dunhill Enterer:B. Allen
Modifier:B. Allen
Created:2019-08-30 08:18:10 Last modified:2019-09-02 07:53:59
Access level:the public Released:2019-08-30 08:18:10
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]