Dorset BR40 (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 2.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 33.4° N, 15.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: transversarium zone, Trigonia clavellata Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, burrowed, intraclastic packstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1606: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 18.05.1999

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp.
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus bipartitus, Mytilus varians
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Deltoideum sp.
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Deltoideum sp. Rollier 1917 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella sp.
Gervillella sp. Waagen 1907 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon subplanum, Isognomon sp.
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp.
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon sp.
Actinostreon sp. Bayle 1878 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Radulopecten varians, Radulopecten fibrosus, Camptonectes intertextus
Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella ovalis
Meleagrinella ovalis Phillips 1829 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma mutabile
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis duriuscula
 Carditida - Astartidae
Neocrassina ovata, Astarte contejeani, Astarte morini, Astarte cf. curvirostris, Prorokia sp., Nicaniella sp.
Prorokia sp. Böhm 1883 clam
Nicaniella sp. Chavan 1945 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina rotundata
Lucina rotundata Roemer 1835 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Sowerbyidae
Sowerbya triangularis
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia nigra
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia dyonisea
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina glabra, Isocyprina cyreniformis
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella clavellata
Myophorella clavellata Parkinson 1811 clam
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Bathrotomaria sp., Leptomaria sp., Obornella sp.
Bathrotomaria sp. Cox 1956 snail
Leptomaria sp. Eudes-Deslongchamps 1864 snail
[entered as Leptomoria sp.]
Obornella sp. Cox 1959 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Bourguetia sp., Pseudomelania heddingtonensis
Bourguetia sp. Deshayes 1871 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp.
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail