Warminster [Chalk Marl]: Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Torquesia) granulata
(Sowerby 1827)
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Wiltshire |
| Coordinates: | 51.2° North, 2.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.0° North, 0.0° West | ||||
| 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: | Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian | Ammonoid zone: | Mantelliceras dixoni + Turrilites costatus |
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chalk Marl | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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. PJW: Upper Chalk Marl spans Mantelliceras dixoni + Turrilites costatus zones. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but presumably shallow marine siliciclastic 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: | 86971 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-26 18:56:59 | Last modified: | 2023-07-20 14:16:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-26 18:56:59 |
| 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] |