ammonites
Bed 2 (Hudson et. al. 1995) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (56.9° N, 6.2° W: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 4.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kildonnan Member (Lealt Shale Formation), Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified, sideritic limestone

• This tide section crops out, mainly between tide marks, on the east coast on the Isle of Eigg, 2.5 km north of Kildonnan.
• Reptile Bed: sideritic limestone with plesiosaur bones, shark teeth, gastropods.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. D. Hudson, J. B. Riding, M. I. Wakefield and W. Walton. 1995. Jurassic Paleosalinities and Brackish-water Communities-A Case Study. Palaios 10(5):392-405 [A. Miller/D. Schramm/D. Schramm] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40696: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Danielle Schramm on 28.06.2004, edited by Richard Butler