Abbots Cliff, C. inerme subzone (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 2.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cunningtoniceras inerme ammonoid zone, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• early Middle Cenomanian, Acanthoceras rhotomagense zone, Cunningtoniceras inerme subzone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified limestone and lithified marl

• marly chalk and marl

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: C. R. C. Paul, S. F. Mitchell, J. D. Marshall, P. N. Leary, A. S. Gale, A. M. Duane, and P. W. Ditchfield. 1994. Palaeoceanographic events in the Middle Cenomanian of northwest Europe. Cretaceous Research 15:707-738 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 78587: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Prolixoplectidae
Plectina mariae
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
Pseudotextulariella cretosa
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Ataxophragmium depressum, Marssonella trochus
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscus cretaceus
 Ataxophragmiacea - Globotextulariidae
Arenobulimina advena
 Textulariina - Tritaxiidae
Tritaxia macfadyeni, Tritaxia pyramidata
 Nodosariacea - Ellipsolagenidae
Oolina sp.
Oolina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Gyroidinoides parva
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gavelinella baltica, Gavelinella cenomanica, Gavelinella intermedia, Gavelinella reussi
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
"Globigerinelloides bentonensis" = Anomalina bentonensis
"Globigerinelloides bentonensis" = Anomalina bentonensis Morrow 1934
Foraminifera
  -
"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina) d'Orbigny 1826
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Labrospira latidorsata
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp., Eggerellina mariae, Dorothia gradata
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Spiroloculina papyracea
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Palmula sp., Lenticulina sp.
Palmula sp. Lea 1833
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Ramulina sp.
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Dentalina sp., Frondicularia sp., Tristix excavatum, Vaginulina sp., Nodosaria sp.
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Frondicularia sp. Defrance 1824
Vaginulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Foraminifera
  -
Bulbophragmium aequale
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
"Praeglobotruncana delrioensis" = Globorotalia delrioensis
"Praeglobotruncana delrioensis" = Globorotalia delrioensis Plummer 1931
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
"Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis
"Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis Carsey 1954
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
"Praeglobotruncana stephani" = Globotruncana stephani, "Rotalipora appenninica" = Globotruncana appenninica
"Praeglobotruncana stephani" = Globotruncana stephani Gandolfi 1942
"Rotalipora appenninica" = Globotruncana appenninica Renz 1936
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
"Heterohelix moremani" = Guembelina moremani, Guembelitria cenomana
"Heterohelix moremani" = Guembelina moremani Cushman 1938
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Orbirhynchia mantelliana
Orbirhynchia mantelliana d'Sowerby 1826
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Cunningtoniceras inerme
Cunningtoniceras inerme Pervinquière 1907 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma seminudum
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Lyropecten (Aequipecten) arlesiensis