Holywell Nodular Chalk-Shapwick Grange Quarry (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 3.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 41.5° N, 9.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holywell Nodular Chalk Formation, Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• nodular shelly chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: M. A. Woods. 2002. The macrofossil biostratigraphy of the Turonian and Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous, Chalk Group) of southeast Devon. Proceedings of the Geologists´Association 113(4):333-344 [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/F. Fursich]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38496: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 22.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
Hirudocidaris hirudo pencil urchin
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Orbirhynchia sp. Pettitt 1954
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Mytiloides spp. Brongniart 1822 clam
"Inoceramus pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus Sowerby 1829 clam