Bramerton, Norfolk [Mammaliferous Crag]: Pleistocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Scalaria groenlandica (Perry 1811)
recombined as Epitonium greenlandicum
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Cerithium tricinctum (Brocchi 1814)
recombined as Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella communis Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Trophon antiquum (Müller 1774)
recombined as Fusus antiquus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex erinaceus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Ocenebra erinaceus
Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Nucella lapillus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Clavatula turricula (Montagu 1803)
recombined as Propebela turricula
Clavatula trevelliana (Turton 1834)
synonym of Curtitoma reticulata
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Leda myalis (Couthouy 1838)
Wood 1850
recombined as Yoldia (Yoldia) myalis
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula cobboldiae (Linnaeus 1767)
Wood 1850
recombined as Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya arenaria Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1850
recombined as Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cyrenidae
Cyrena consobrina Cailland 1823
Wood 1850
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Tapes aurea (Gmelin 1788)
Wood 1850
Tapes virginea (Linnaeus 1767)
Wood 1850
Venus fasciata (da Costa 1778)
Wood 1850
recombined as Clausinella fasciata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra subtruncata (da Costa 1778)
Wood 1850
recombined as Spisula subtruncata
Trigonella plana da Costa 1778
Wood 1850
Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1850
Mactra ovalis Sowerby 1817
Wood 1850
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina balthica Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1850
recombined as Macoma (Macoma) balthica
Tellina praetenuis Leathes in Woodward 1830
Wood 1850
recombined as Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis
Tellina lata Gmelin 1788
Wood 1850
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax vittatus da Costa 1778
Wood 1850
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium edule Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1850
recombined as Cerastoderma edule
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Loripes divaricata (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1850
recombined as Lucinella divaricata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sulcata (Da Costa 1778)
Wood 1850
Astarte borealis (Chemnitz 1784)
Wood 1850
Astarte crebricostata Forbes 1847
Wood 1850
Astarte elliptica (Brown 1827)
Wood 1850
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1850
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1850
recombined as Aequipecten opercularis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Pectunculus glycymeris (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1850
recombined as Glycymeris glycymeris
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Norfolk
Coordinates: 52.6° North, 1.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.6° North, 1.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mammaliferous Crag
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Mammaliferous Crag, for which modern lithostratigraphic correlation and stratigraphic relations are not reported. AGE: Pleistocene, on the basis of biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the unit.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but siliciclastic based on observation of specimens. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation and figured specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated, but probably Stearns Wood, c. 1840's-1870's. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Taxonomic list comments: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.
Metadata
Database number:84833
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-11-14 07:15:04 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-11-14 07:15:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
28450. 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]

Secondary references:

29100 S. V. Wood. 1850. A monograph of the Crag Mollusca, or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper tertiaries of the East of England. Part II. Bivalves 1-302 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]