Folkestone, Gault (BMNH collection) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 5.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gault Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gault, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified chalk

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but presumably shallow marine carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Chalk. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: British Museum (Natural History).

Primary reference: H. L. Abbass. 1962. The english Cretaceous Turritellide and Mathildidae (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 7(6):175-196 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86975: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.02.2009, edited by Jonathan Tennant, Valentin Fischer and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Turritellidae and Mathididae described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Actinopteri
 Elopiformes - Osmeroididae
Osmeroides lewesiensis2
Osmeroides lewesiensis2 Mantell 1822
Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria -
Ichthyosauria indet.1
Ichthyosauria indet.1 de Blainville 1835 ichthyosaur
NHMUK unnumbered (rostrum), NHMUK 39256 (atlas-axis), NHMUK 47274 (ilium), NHMUK 47275 (atlas-axis), NHMUK R2890 partim (2 quadrates),
 Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Ophthalmosaurinae indet.1, Sisteronia seeleyi1, Platypterygius sp.1, aff. Platypterygius sp.1
Ophthalmosaurinae indet.1 Baur 1887 ichthyosaur
NHMUK R16 partim (teeth), NHMUK R17 partim (teeth).
Sisteronia seeleyi1 Fischer et al. 2014 ichthyosaur
Precise locality not given further than Gault Formation; NHMUK R16 partim (7 teeth), NHMUK R17 partim (1 tooth), NHMUK R2890 partim (opisthotic); NHMUK 47232 partim (1 tooth)
Platypterygius sp.1 von Huene 1922 ichthyosaur
Precise locality information not given: NHMUK 47235 (jaw and 12 teeth), NHMUK 36318 (1 tooth), NHMUK 36384 (1 tooth), NHMUK 40095 (1 tooth), NHMUK 47271 (1 tooth), NHMUK R16 partim (1 tooth), NHMUK R2890 partim (1 tooth)
aff. Platypterygius sp.1 von Huene 1922 ichthyosaur
NHMUK 36385 (mandible elements and phalanges)
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Torquesia) wagihi n. sp., Turritella (Torquesia) vibrayeana
Turritella (Torquesia) wagihi n. sp. Abbass 1962 turret shell
Turritella (Torquesia) vibrayeana d'Orbigny 1842 turret shell
Thecostraca
 Verrucomorpha - Pycnolepadidae
"Pollicipes rigidus n. sp." = Pycnolepas rigida3
"Pollicipes rigidus n. sp." = Pycnolepas rigida3 Sowerby 1836 barnacle
 Calanticomorpha - Cretiscalpellidae
"Pollicipes unguis" = Cretiscalpellum unguis4
"Pollicipes unguis" = Cretiscalpellum unguis4 Sowerby 1836 barnacle
 Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae
"Scalpellum arcuatum" = Arcuatoscalpellum arcuatum5
"Scalpellum arcuatum" = Arcuatoscalpellum arcuatum5 Darwin 1851 barnacle
1Fischer et al. 2014; 2Forey 1973; 3Jagt et al. 2007; 4Withers 1910; 5Withers 1912