South Ferriby Section, bed 6a [Red Chalk] (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.7° N, 0.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 50.7° N, 18.4° E (Wright 2013)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: varicosum ammonoid zone, Red Chalk Formation, Late/Upper Albian (106.3 - 100.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Red Chalk, which overlies the Carstone Fm (Early Albian). AGE: Late Albian; varicosum ammonoid zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 6a, near middle of the section (Fig. 4).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified chalk

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Chalk LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be poorly-lithified.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,

• COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Liverpool Museum (LIVCM).

Primary reference: S. F. Mitchell and D. Langner. 1995. Palaeobiology of isocrinid crinoids from the Red Chalk (Albian, Lower Cretaceous) of North− east England. Echinoderm Research 197-207 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161957: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for crinoids; presumably ammonites are also present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and some species-resolution identifications.
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Crinoidea
 Roveacrinida - Roveacrinidae
Styracocrinus peracutus
Styracocrinus peracutus Peck 1943 Sea lily
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus cenomanicus, Isocrinus "sp. B", Isocrinus cretaceous
Isocrinus "sp. B" von Meyer 1836 Sea lily