The preservation of marine vertebrates in the Lower Oxford Clay (Jurassic) of central England

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Abstract
Fossil vertebrate remains are found throughout the Lower Oxford Clay (Callovian, Middle Jurassic) in the Peterborough (Cambridgeshire) area, but occur more frequently in the Jason Zone at the base of the sequence. Five types of vertebrate preservation can be distinguished, most of which are lithologically restricted. Predation, scavenging and bacterial decomposition are responsible for the break-up of corpses. Current activity, storm events, firmness of substrate and oxygen content of sediment pore waters are factors affecting preservation.