Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 0.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chalk Marl Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the upper Chalk Marl, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the upper part of the Chalk Marl within local section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified chalk
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 86978: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella" turbinata Sowerby 1850 turret shell |