Also known as Merstham, England (Bed 2)
Where: England, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 1.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Metoicoceras geslinianum ammonoid zone, Plenus Marls Member (Holywell Nodular Chalk Formation), Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified lime mudstone and carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: R. P. S. Jefferies. 1961. The palaeoecology of the Actinocamax plenus subzone (lowest Turonian) in the Anglo-Paris basin. Palaeontology 4(4):609-647 [C. Marshall/S. Low/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 4072: authorized by Charles Marshall, entered by Sofy Low on 13.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Micrabacia coronula Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Ptychodus decurrens Agassiz 1838 elasmobranch | |
Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon Agassiz 1843 goblin shark | |
Echinoidea | |
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Cidaris hirudo pencil urchin
Cidaris perornata Forbes 1850 pencil urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Calliderma smithiae Forbes 1848 sea star
Crateraster quinqueloba Goldfuss 1833 sea star | |
Stauranderaster sp. Spencer 1907 sea star | |
Cephalopoda | |
Scaphites equalis Sowerby 1813 ammonite | |
Calycoceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
Plicatula barriosi scallop | |
Entolium membranaceum Nilsson 1827 scallop
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop | |
"Spondylus latus" = Newaagia obliquus
"Spondylus latus" = Newaagia obliquus Münster 1841 scallop | |
Aequipecten beaveri scallop | |
"Ostrea vesicularis" = Pycnodonta vesicularis
"Ostrea vesicularis" = Pycnodonta vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
"Inoceramus pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus
"Inoceramus pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus Sowerby 1829 clam | |
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Teredo amphisbaena clam | |
Protocardia hillana Sowerby 1813 cockle | |
Gastropoda | |
"Solarium sp." = Trochus (Solarium)
"Solarium sp." = Trochus (Solarium) top snail | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Rhynchonellata | |
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"Rhynchonella lineolata" = Monticlarella lineolata
"Rhynchonella lineolata" = Monticlarella lineolata Phillips 1829 "lineolata carteri" - originally entered as "Rhynchonella" lineolata carteri"
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Orbirhynchia multicostata Pettitt 1954 | |
Malacostraca | |
Enoploclytia sp. M'Coy 1849 decapod |