Blackdown, Devon [Lower Greensand] (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 3.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 46.9° N, 18.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Greensand Group, Albian (113.2 - 100.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the the Lower Greensand, 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: coastal; lithified sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but presumably shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. 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 86977: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.02.2009, edited by Loic Villier

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

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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Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Pycinasteridae
Phocidaster grandis
Phocidaster grandis Spencer 1913 sea star
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda ahmadi n. sp.
Mathilda ahmadi n. sp. Abbass 1962 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Torquesia) faizai n. sp., Turritella ageri n. sp., Turritella sherborni n. sp.
Turritella (Torquesia) faizai n. sp. Abbass 1962 turret shell
Turritella ageri n. sp. Abbass 1962 turret shell
Turritella sherborni n. sp. Abbass 1962 turret shell