Sac2-Greensand (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (51.2° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 10.2° E)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Atherfield Clay Formation (Lower Greensand Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: R. Casey. 1961. The stratigraphical palaeontology of the Lower Greensand. Palaeontology 3(4):487-621 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 1836: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.06.1999
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Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Discocyathus orbingyanus stony coral | |
Holocystis elegans Lonsdale 1849 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Toxaster fittoni heart urchin
Toxaster complanatus heart urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana scapha pointed nut clam | |
Senis wharburtoni clam | |
Resatrix dolabra venus clam
Pseudaphrodina elongata venus clam | |
Scittila nasuta clam | |
Sphaera corrugata Sowerby 1822 clam | |
Mediraon sulcatum n. sp.
Mediraon sulcatum n. sp. clam "sulcatum sp. nov." - originally entered as "Mediraon sulcatum sp. nov."
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Mulleria mulleti clam | |
Yaadia nodosa clam | |
Camptonectes cottaldinus Orbigny 1847 scallop | |
Anomia laevigata Sowerby 1836 jingle | |
Aptolinter aptiensis clam | |
Eonavicula cateroni clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Fossarius munitus" = Hanaispira munitus
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Ataphrus albensis snail | |
"Ovactaeonina forbesiana" = Colostracon (Ovactaeonina)
"Ovactaeonina forbesiana" = Colostracon (Ovactaeonina) snail | |
Tessarolax moreausianum snail
Dimorphosoma pleurospira snail | |
Scalaria meyeri wentletrap
Confusiscala cruciana wentletrap | |
Cephalopoda | |
Prodeshayesites obsoletus ammonite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Sellithyris sella Sowerby 1823 | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula truncata Sowerby 1836 |