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

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
"Turrilites triplicatus" = Turrilites costatus
"Turrilites triplicatus" = Turrilites costatus Lamarck 1801 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
"Hamites angustus" = Allocrioceras angustum
"Hamites angustus" = Allocrioceras angustum Sowerby 1850 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda pulchra" = Nuculana
"Leda pulchra" = Nuculana pointed nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola quadrata" = Modiolus
"Modiola quadrata" = Modiolus mussel
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima spinosa file clam
Lima granosa file clam
Plagiostoma hoperi Mantell 1822 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Solarium catenatum" = Trochus (Solarium)
"Solarium catenatum" = Trochus (Solarium) top snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella turbinata Sowerby 1850 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Cassidaria incerta" = Harpagodes nodosus
"Cassidaria incerta" = Harpagodes nodosus Sowerby 1823 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae