Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Perna Member (Atherfield Clay Formation), Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• Perna Bed palynofacies

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• Wright is pretty fuzzy about his locality info, he says that the urchin comes from "the lower greensand at Atherfield, in No 4 of the Cracker group of Dr. Fitton's section"

Primary reference: T. Wright. 1852. Contributions to the palaeontology of the Isle of Wight. Proceedings of the Cottleswold Naturalist's Field Club 229-234 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32371: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Tiffany Naeher on 26.06.2003, edited by Erin Leckey

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