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Penarth - White Lias, Somerset, England, UK

Group	Penarth
Formation	White Lias
Age:	201 - 199 Ma Early Jurassic
Interval	Rhaetian - Hettangian
Lithology	limestone/"shale", "limestone", "shale", marl, "limestone"/marl
Number of Collections	8
Number of Occurrences	16

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Cree's Quarry	Mendip, Somerset, England, UK	Penarth - White Lias
Bere	South Somerset, Somerset, England, UK	Penarth - White Lias

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Orthophlebia liassica species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Mecoptera : Orthophlebiidae : Orthophlebia : *Orthophlebia liassica*	201.3 - 199.3 Ma Early Jurassic
Pholidophorus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pholidophoriformes : Pholidophoridae : *Pholidophorus*	208.5 - 199.3 Ma Mesozoic
Ichthyosaurus communis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Ichthyosauridae : Ichthyosaurus : *Ichthyosaurus communis*	208.5 - 199.3 Ma Mesozoic
Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Ichthyosauridae : Ichthyosaurus : *Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris*	208.5 - 199.3 Ma Mesozoic
Plesiosaurus hawkinsii species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pliosauridae : Thalassiodracon : *Plesiosaurus hawkinsii*	208.5 - 199.3 Ma Mesozoic
Isastrea sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : *Isastrea*	208.5 - 199.3 Ma Mesozoic
Cidaris sp. genus	6	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Cidaridae : *Cidaris*	208.5 - 199.3 Ma Mesozoic
Plagiostoma punctata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Plagiostoma : *Plagiostoma punctata*	208.5 - 199.3 Ma Mesozoic
Psiloceras planorbis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Psiloceratidae : Psiloceras : *Psiloceras planorbis*	208.5 - 199.3 Ma Mesozoic

References

Wright T. On the Zone of Avicula contorta, and the Lower Lias of the South of England, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 16, 374-411

Huxley T. H. On a new species of Plesiosaurus from Street, near Glastonbury; with remarks on the structure of the atlas and axis vertebrae, and of the cranium, in that genus, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 14, 281-294

Tillyard R. J. (1933) The Panorpoid complex in the British Rhaetic and Lias, Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 3, 1-79

Kiessling W. (2014) Taxonomic revisions of scleractinian corals

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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