Margett's Pit, Burham [Chalk Marl]: Cenomanian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Turritella) dibleyi n. sp.
(Newton 1918)
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Basiliolidae
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Orbirhynchia mantelliana
(d'Sowerby 1826)
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Owen 1988 | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Kent |
Coordinates: | 51.3° North, 0.5° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.1° North, 2.1° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
Key time interval: | Cenomanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Chalk Marl | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Chalk Marl, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified chalk |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Chalk. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but presumably shallow marine carbonate setting. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: British Museum (Natural History). | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to Turritellidae and Mathididae described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. |
Metadata
Database number: | 86965 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Manojlovic | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2009-02-26 17:58:36 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-26 17:58:35 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
29264. | 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] |
Secondary references:
49875 | E. F. Owen. 1988. Cenomanian brachiopods from the Lower Chalk of Britain and northern Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 44(2):65-175 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Clapham] |