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Calcareous Grit, England, UK

FormationCalcareous Grit
Age:164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
IntervalOxfordian
Lithologysandstone
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences35

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Priodontognathus type Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UKCalcareous Grit
Shotover HillForest Hill with Shotover, South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, England, UKCalcareous Grit

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Iron Sands152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
sandstone9
Kimmeridge Clay151 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
siltstone, claystone, mudstone, "shale"/mudstone, "shale", mudstone/"limestone", "carbonate", gravel222
Portland151 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
sandstone, mudstone14

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Secarodus polyprion
species
7Secarodus : Secarodus polyprion163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Eryma stricklandi
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Erymidae : Eryma : Eryma stricklandi163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Discina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Discinidae : Discina163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Diastopora diluviana
species
7Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cyclostomatida : Plagioeciidae : Diastopora : Diastopora diluviana163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Lepidotus macrocheirus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Lepisosteiformes : Lepidotes : Lepidotus macrocheirus163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Gyrodus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pycnodontiformes : Gyrodontidae : Gyrodus163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Ischyodus egertoni
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Chimaeriformes : Callorhynchidae : Ischyodus : Ischyodus egertoni163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Orthybodus grossiconus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : Hybodus : Orthybodus grossiconus163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Lexovisaurus phillipsi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Stegosauridae : Lexovisaurus : Lexovisaurus phillipsi163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Dakosaurus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Metriorhynchidae : Dakosaurus163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Ichthyosaurus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Ichthyosauridae : Ichthyosaurus163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Rhamphocephalus bucklandi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Rhamphorhynchidae : Rhamphocephalus : Rhamphocephalus bucklandi163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Cryptoclidus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sauropterygia : Cryptoclididae : Cryptoclidus163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Pliosauridae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pliosauridae163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Chomatoseris orbulites
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Microsolenidae : Chomatoseris : Chomatoseris orbulites163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Cidaris sp.
genus
6Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Cidaridae : Cidaris163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Acrosalenia spinosa
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Salenioida : Acrosaleniidae : Acrosalenia : Acrosalenia spinosa163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Anodontophora (Myacites) sp.
subgenus
6.3Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigonodidae : Anodontophora : Anodontophora (Myacites)163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Leda elliptica
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nuculana : Leda elliptica163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Leda subtrigona
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nuculana : Leda subtrigona163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Actinostreon gregareum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Palaeolophidae : Actinostreon : Actinostreon gregareum163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Pinna sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pinnidae : Pinna163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Radulopecten vagans
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Radulopecten : Radulopecten vagans163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Trigonia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigoniidae : Trigonia163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Ammonitida
order
4Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonites : Ammonitida163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Kosmoceras gemmatum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Kosmoceratidae : Kosmoceras : Kosmoceras gemmatum163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Belemnites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Belemnites163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Belemnopsis hastata
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Belemnopseidae : Belemnopsis : Belemnopsis hastata163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Dicroloma sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Dicroloma163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic

References

Phillips J. , Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1-523
Seeley H. G. , Index to the Fossil Remains of Aves, Ornithosauria, and Reptilia, from the Secondary System of Strata, Arranged in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of Cambridge. Deighton, Bell, and Co, Cambridge, 1-143
Seeley H. G. On the maxillary bone of a new dinosaur (Priodontognathus phillipsii), contained in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of Cambridge, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 31, 439-443
Tarlo L. B. (1960) A review of Upper Jurassic pliosaurs, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Series 14 5, 147-189
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