Beacon Limestone
42 distinct taxa, from 155 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 193–175 Mya.
Somerset, Oxfordshire · UK
42 taxa · 155 fossils · 193–175 MyaMembers recorded: Barrington.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Lias Group, and dates it 193–175 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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4 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
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What has been found
- Kinkelinella
- Eucytherura
- Cytheropteron
- Kinkelinella (Ektyphocythere)
- Monoceratina
- Bairdiacypris
- Cytheropteron alafastigatum
- Cardobairdia
- Cytherella
- Polycope
- Triceratina
- Bairdia
- Ektyphocythere intrepida
- Cytherella toarcensis
- Trachycythere
- Cenoceras jourdani
- Diplocidaris
- Ektyphocythere debilis
- Hemipedina etheridgii
- Otocythere
- Polycidaris ilminsterensis
- Praeschuleridea
- Thaumatocypris
- Ammonoidea
- Belemnitida
- Cassianopsis hebertana
- Consobrinella greeni
- Cryptaulax slatteri
- Cylindrobullina
- Cylindrobullina dorsetensis
- Cylindrobullina ventricosa
- Cytheruridae
- Eucyclidae
- Eucycloidea
- Eucycloscala leo
- Holcorhynchia coronata
- Levipleura blainvillei
- Paracypris
- Paradoxostoma
- Penaeus
The 40 most often recorded, of 42.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.