Royal Society Borehole (85.5-88.5 ft), Ludham (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.7° N, 1.5° E: paleocoordinates 52.8° N, 1.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Crag Series, which locally unconformably overlies the London Clay (Eocene). AGE: Early Pleistocene, Icenian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From zone LM3, 86.5-88.5 ft below surface

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shelly sands, varying amounts of clay. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of facies description of sample preparation.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1959

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTOR: Unknown, 1959. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: P. E. Norton. 1967. Marine Molluscan Assemblages in the Early Pleistocene of Sidestrand, Bramerton and the Royal Society Borehole at Ludham, Norfolk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 253(784):161-200 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97966: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.09.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated nomenclature but with species resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Actaeon tornatilis" = Acteon
"Actaeon tornatilis" = Acteon snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
"Rissoa curticostata" = Rissoa (Turboella) curticostata, "Cingula semicostata" = Onoba semicostata, Rissoa sp.
"Rissoa curticostata" = Rissoa (Turboella) curticostata Wood 1848 snail
"Cingula semicostata" = Onoba semicostata Montagu 1803 snail
Rissoa sp. Fréminville 1814 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Neptunea antiqua true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"Mangelia ambigua" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangelia ambigua" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
"Anomia squamula" = Heteranomia squamula
"Anomia squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Cardiida - Lasaeidae
"Mysella cf. bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata
"Mysella cf. bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata Montague 1803 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus Mohr 1786 cockle
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Laevicardium decorticatum Wood 1840 cockle
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra alba Wood 1802 abra
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet., "Tellina praetenuis" = Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis, "Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
"Tellina praetenuis" = Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis Leathes in Woodward 1830 tellin clam
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Erycinidae
"Lepton nitidum" = Hemilepton nitidum
"Lepton nitidum" = Hemilepton nitidum Turton 1822 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam