Blue Lias Formation
150 distinct taxa, from 448 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 206–162 Mya.
England, Wales · UK
150 taxa · 448 fossils · 206–162 MyaFiled under the Lias Group. Members recorded: Bull Cliff, Saltford Shale, Bottom Floor Limestone, Paper Shale, Rugby Limestone.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Lias Group, and dates it 206–193 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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22 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Liostrea
- Plagiostoma giganteum
- Modiolus (Cyranus) hillanus
- Isocrinus
- Pinna hartmanni
- Cenoceras striatum
- Gryphaea arcuata
- Cardinia listeri
- Mactromya
- Schlotheimia
- Terquemia
- Coroniceras
- Pholadomya
- Bourguetia
- Entolium calvum
- Ichthyosaurus communis
- Camptonectes subulatus
- Pseudolimea hettangiensis
- Antiquilima (Antiquilima) succincta
- Calcirhynchia calcaria
- Chlamys textoria
- Pleurotomaria anglica
- Psiloceras
- Achistrum monochordata
- Binoculites jurassica
- Binoculites terquemi
- Diademopsis serialis
- Placunopsis striatula
- Praechlamys valoniensis
- Procidaris lobatum
- Psiloceras (Caloceras) johnstoni
- Pteromya tatei
- Thalassiodracon hawkinsii
- Theelia synapta
- Angulaticeras
- Arnioceras semicostatum
- Caloceras
- Echinodermata
- Ichthyosaurus
- Limea (Pseudolimea) pectinoides
The 40 most often recorded, of 150.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.