Sudbourn, Suffolk [Coralline Crag] (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.1° N, 1.6° E: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Coralline Crag Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Coralline Crag, which is regionally overlain by the Red Crag. AGE: It has been correlated with, but probably predates at 4.4 to 3.8 Ma, the Luchtbal Sand Member of the Lillo Formation in the Antwerp area on the basis of molluscs (Cambridge, 1977), foraminifera (Jenkins and Houghton, 1987) and dinoflagellate cysts (Louwye et al., 2004; De Schepper et al., 2009), placing it in the latter part of the early Pliocene (Zanclean 2) of the southern North Sea. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but siliciclastic based on observation of specimens. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation and figured specimens.

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 84992: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.11.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. Other volumes when entered will include bryozoa, brachiopoda, and anthozoa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature, which is revised where possible through more recent sources.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Trophon imperspicuum Wood 1848 murex snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle
[entered as Anomia ephipium]
Anomia striata Brocchi 1814 jingle
"Anomia patelliformis" = Pododesmus patelliformis Linnaeus 1773 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima exilis Wood 1839 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten gerardii" = Palliolum gerardi, "Pecten tigrinus" = Palliolum tigrinum, "Pecten pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, "Pecten dubius" = Aequipecten opercularis
"Pecten gerardii" = Palliolum gerardi Nyst 1835 scallop
"Pecten tigrinus" = Palliolum tigrinum Müller 1776 scallop
"Pecten pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Pecten dubius" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea princeps Wood 1850 oyster
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Mytilus hesperianus" = Mytilus galloprovincialis
"Mytilus hesperianus" = Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck 1819 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucina borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina rustica" = Pygocardia rustica
"Cyprina rustica" = Pygocardia rustica Sowerby 1818 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Cytherea rudis" = Pitar (Pitar) rudis, "Venus casina" = Dosina cassina
"Cytherea rudis" = Pitar (Pitar) rudis Poli 1795 venus clam
"Venus casina" = Dosina cassina Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria lutraria Linnaeus 1767 clam
Mactra artopta Wood 1850 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium decorticatum" = Laevicardium (Laevicardium) decorticatum Wood 1840 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina obliqua" = Macoma (Macoma) obliqua
"Tellina obliqua" = Macoma (Macoma) obliqua Sowerby 1817 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Psammobia vespertina Chemnitz 1782 clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen ensis Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea faujasii, "Glycimeris angusta" = Glycymeris
"Glycimeris angusta" = Glycymeris clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
"Astarte basterotii" = Isocrassina basteroti De la Jonkaire 1823 clam
"Astarte burtinii" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata burtinea De la Jonkaire 1823 clam
Astarte mutabilis Wood 1840 clam
Astarte gracilis Golfuss 1837 clam
Astarte incrassata Brocchi 1814 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita senilis Lamarck 1805 clam
Cardita scalaris Sowerby 1825 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam