St Ives brick pit (Thomas George collection) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Howe brick pit

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.3° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mariae ammonoid zone, Weymouth Member (Oxford Clay Formation), Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, pyritic claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the SM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• Repository: Thomas George collection (later presented to the Woodwardian Museum)

Primary reference: J. Carter. 1886. On the decapod crustaceans of the Oxford Clay. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London 42:542-559 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191842: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.02.2018

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Paguridae
Goniochirus cristatus n. sp. Carter 1886 hermit crab
 Decapoda - Axiidae
Magila pichleri Oppel 1862 decapod
Magila levimana n. sp. Carter 1886 decapod
Magila dissimilis n. sp. Carter 1886 decapod
 Decapoda - Stenochiridae
Pseudastacus sp. Oppel 1861 decapod
 Decapoda - Mecochiridae
Mecochirus socialis Von Meyer 1841 decapod
 Decapoda - Glypheidae
Glyphea regleyana, "Glyphea hispida n. sp." = Trachysoma rostrata
Glyphea regleyana Desmarest 1822 decapod
"Glyphea hispida n. sp." = Trachysoma rostrata Phillips 1829 decapod
 Decapoda - Erymidae
"Eryma ventrosa" = Eryma ventrosum, "Eryma villersi" = Eryma ventrosum, Eryma mandelslohi, "? Eryma pulchella n. sp." = Eryma pulchellum, Eryma babeaui, "Eryma georgii n. sp." = Eryma georgei
"Eryma ventrosa" = Eryma ventrosum Von Meyer 1835 decapod
"Eryma villersi" = Eryma ventrosum Von Meyer 1835 decapod
Eryma mandelslohi von Meyer 1840 decapod
"? Eryma pulchella n. sp." = Eryma pulchellum Carter 1886 decapod
Eryma babeaui Etallon 1861 decapod
"Eryma georgii n. sp." = Eryma georgei Carter 1886 decapod