Oxford Clay Formation
163 distinct taxa, from 370 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name.
The Paleobiology Database files this name in 2 countries. That can be one body of rock crossing a border, or two rocks that happen to share a name. The database does not say which, so nothing below is added across them.
England, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire · UK
163 taxa · 366 fossils · 165–155 MyaFiled under the Ancholme Group. Members recorded: Peterborough, Lower, Weymouth, Middle, Stewartby, Calcareous Grit, Nothe Grit.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Ancholme Group, and dates it 165–155 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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29 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
- Mollusca
- Procerithium
- Meleagrinella
- Palaeonucula
- Mesosaccella
- Peloneustes philarchus
- Bositra buchi
- Corbulomima macneillii
- Muraenosaurus leedsii
- Cryptoclidus eurymerus
- Gryphaea
- Thracia depressa
- Cryptoclidus
- Dicroloma
- Eryma mandelslohi
- Goniochirus cristatus
- Liopleurodon ferox
- Plesiodiadema jessoni
- Plesiosauria
- Grammatodon
- Pliosauridae
- Stegosauria
- Trochotiara superbum
- Disaster moeschi
- Eryma ventrosum
- Eumorphia socialis
- Ichthyosaurus
- Lepidotus macrocheirus
- Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus
- Nicaniella
- Ophthalmosaurus
- Ophthalmosaurus icenicus
- Ornithopoda
- Pinna
- Rhamphorhynchidae
- Thalattosuchus superciliosus
- Trachysoma rostrata
- Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos
- Ammonitida
- Belemnopsis hastata
The 40 most often recorded, of 163.
Nord-Pas-de-Calais · FR
4 taxa · 4 fossils · 165–162 MyaFiled under the Ancholme Group.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Ancholme Group, and dates it 165–155 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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1 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
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