Oxfordshire SPB (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 34.2° N, 15.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: plicatilis zone, Berkshire Oolite Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.5 - 154.8 Ma)

• Shell cum Pebble Bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, 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 Unpublished data.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 4087: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 14.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Nucleolites scutatus Lamarck 1816 sea urchin
 Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Paracidaris florigemma Phillips 1829 pencil urchin
plates, spines
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Cephalopoda
 Coleoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Haeckel 1866 belemnite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes sp. Waagen 1869 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Ochetochilus sp. Cossmann 1899 periwinkle
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Opis curvirostra clam
Trigonopis
Opis corallina Damon 1860 clam
Trigonopis
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
 Cardiida - Sowerbyidae
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Lithophaga inclusa Phillips 1829 mussel
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Radulopecten fibrosus Sowerby 1816 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Plagiostoma rigidum" = Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida
"Plagiostoma rigidum" = Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida Sowerby 1815 file clam
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Gryphaea dilatata oyster
Bilobissa
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella aviculoides Sowerby 1814 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae