Where: England, United Kingdom (54.5° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 9.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Alum Shale Formation, Falciferum to Falciferum (183.0 - 175.6 Ma)
• bifrons and falciferum zones, Alum Shale and Jet Rock Formations
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Tate and J. F. Blake. 1876. The Yorkshire Lias 1-475 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Clapham] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90459: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.07.2009, edited by Roger Benson, Bethany Allen and Matthew Carrano
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