Oxfordshire WB1+2 (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 34.1° N, 15.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Coral Rag Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; wackestone

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 Unpublished data.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 4098: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet.
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod
claw
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp., Lithophaga inclusa
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Lithophaga inclusa Phillips 1829 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp.
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eopecten sp., Chlamys textoria
Eopecten sp. Douvillé 1897 scallop
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma zonatum, Plagiostoma cf. mutabile, "Plagiostoma rigidum" = Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida
"Plagiostoma rigidum" = Lima (Plagiostoma) rigida Sowerby 1815 file clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula weymouthiana
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon sp.
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia dyonisea
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina muricata
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Bourguetia sp., Pseudomelania heddingtonensis
Bourguetia sp. Deshayes 1871 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
Nerinella sp.
Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849 snail
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris sp.
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin
 Irregularia - Pygasteridae
Pygaster sp.
Pygaster sp. sea urchin
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Thecosmilia annularis
Thecosmilia annularis Fleming 1828 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Rhabdophyllia sp.
Rhabdophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria concinna
Thamnasteria concinna Goldfuss 1826 stony coral