Sowerby Chalk Collection 1850 (Cretaceous to of the United Kingdom)
Where: Sussex, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 2.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. Bell. 1850. Notes on the Crustacea of the Chalk Formation. In J. C. Sowerby (ed.), The geology and fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous formations of Sussex 346-350 [M. Clapham/H. Shin/J. Fearon]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 235797: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Hayden Shin on 02.08.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Turrilites triplicatus" = Turrilites costatus
"Turrilites triplicatus" = Turrilites costatus Lamarck 1801 ammonite | |
"Hamites angustus" = Allocrioceras angustum
"Hamites angustus" = Allocrioceras angustum Sowerby 1850 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
"Leda pulchra" = Nuculana
"Leda pulchra" = Nuculana pointed nut clam | |
"Modiola quadrata" = Modiolus
"Modiola quadrata" = Modiolus mussel | |
Lima laeviuscula file clam
Lima spinosa file clam
Lima granosa file clam
Plagiostoma hoperi Mantell 1822 file clam | |
Pecten asellus scallop
Pecten jugosus scallop | |
Ostrea vigrata oyster | |
Teredo rotundus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbo gemmatus snail | |
"Solarium catenatum" = Trochus (Solarium)
"Solarium catenatum" = Trochus (Solarium) top snail | |
Emarginula affinis snail | |
Turritella turbinata Sowerby 1850 turret shell | |
"Cassidaria incerta" = Harpagodes nodosus
"Cassidaria incerta" = Harpagodes nodosus Sowerby 1823 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium difforme tusk shell | |
Rhynchonellata | |