Where: England, United Kingdom (52.1° N, 1.6° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 1.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chillesford Clay Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Chillesford Clay or Chillesford ClaySand. AGE: Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene, according to Rayner, 1981, on the basis of foraminiferal and palynological biostratigraphy; Pleistocene according to Norton (1967). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within series.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not stated, but probably Stearns Wood, c. 1840's-1870's. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: S. V. Wood. 1848. A monograph of the Crag Mollusca or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper Tertiaries of the East of England. Part 1. Univalves 1-208 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84858: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.11.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Thracia papyracea Poli 1795 clam |