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Bridport Sand, England, UK

FormationBridport Sand
Age:180 - 176 Ma
Early Jurassic
IntervalLate Toarcian
Lithologysandstone/"limestone", siltstone, sandstone
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences13

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
ILM-9952South Somerset, Somerset, England, UKBridport Sand
OphiuroideaWest Dorset, Dorset, England, UKBridport Sand
Yeovil South Somerset, Somerset, England, UKBridport Sand

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
=183 - 174 Ma
Jurassic		limestone1
Beacon Limestone - Barrington180 - 176 Ma
Early Jurassic		marl, marl/"limestone", marl/lime mudstone, claystone/"limestone"134
Marlstone Rock190 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic		limestone24

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Kinkelinella sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Progonocytheridae : Kinkelinella180.1 - 175.6 Ma
Early Jurassic
Caenocidaris sp.
genus		6Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Psychocidaridae : Caenocidaris180.1 - 175.6 Ma
Early Jurassic
Sinosura brodiei
species		7Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophioleucida : Ophioleucidae : Sinosura : Sinosura brodiei183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Hemieuryale sp.
genus		6Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Amphilepidida : Hemieuryalidae : Hemieuryale183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Sigsbeia lunaris
species		7Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Hemieuryalidae : Sigsbeia : Sigsbeia lunaris183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Dermocoma toarcensis
species		7Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiacanthidae : Dermocoma : Dermocoma toarcensis183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Ishidacantha trispinosa
species		7Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiacanthidae : Ishidacantha : Ishidacantha trispinosa183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Ophiarachna liasica
species		7Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiomyxidae : Ophiarachna : Ophiarachna liasica183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Palaeocoma milleri
species		7Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Palaeocoma : Palaeocoma milleri183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Mesophiomusium geisingense
species		7Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiurida : Ophiolepididae : Mesophiomusium : Mesophiomusium geisingense183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Mesophiomusium scabrum
species		7Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Amphilepidida : Ophiolepididae : Mesophiomusium : Mesophiomusium scabrum183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Dermacantha seeweni
species		7Animalia : Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea : Ophiacanthida : Ophiacanthidae : Dermacantha : Dermacantha seeweni183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Belemnitida
order		4Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida180.1 - 175.6 Ma
Early Jurassic

References

Boomer I. (1992) Lower Jurassic ostracods from Ilminster, Somerset, England, Journal of Micropalaeontology 11 1, 47-57
Kutscher M (1996) Echinodermata aus dem Ober-Toarcium und Aalenium Deutschlands II: Ophiuroidea, Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, serie B, Geologie und Paläontologie 242, 1-33
Smith A. B. (2015) British Jurassic regular echinoids. Part 1, Introduction, Cidaroida, Echinothurioida, Aspidodiadematoida and Pedinoida, Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 169 644, 1-67
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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