Where: England, United Kingdom (52.7° N, 1.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 52.4° N, 1.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Crag Series, which locally unconformably overlies the London Clay (Eocene). AGE: Early Pleistocene, Icenian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From zone LM2, 126.75-128.75 ft below surface
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1959
Collection methods: bulk,
• COLLECTOR: Unknown, 1959. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: P. E. Norton. 1967. Marine Molluscan Assemblages in the Early Pleistocene of Sidestrand, Bramerton and the Royal Society Borehole at Ludham, Norfolk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 253(784):161-200 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97962: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.09.2010
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Yoldia oblongoides clam | |
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
"Mysella cf. bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata
"Mysella cf. bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata Montague 1803 kelly clam | |
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus Mohr 1786 cockle
Cardium scrabrum cockle
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Donax vittatus da Costa 1778 clam | |
Abra cf. digitaria abra
Abra alba Wood 1802 abra | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
"Venus cf. ovata" = Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Callista chione Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Diplodonta astartea Nyst 1835 clam | |
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
Spisula triangulata clam | |
Montacuta sp. Turton 1822 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam | |
"Anomia squamula" = Heteranomia squamula
"Anomia squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Chlamys tigerinus scallop | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail | |
Pyramidellidae indet. Gray 1840 snail
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
Chrysallida spiralis snail
Turbonilla internodula Wood 1848 snail | |
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Turritella triplicata turret shell | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Caecum mammilatum snail
Caecum glabrum Montagu 1803 snail | |
Rissoa inconspicua, Rissoa sp., "Rissoa curticostata" = Rissoa (Turboella) curticostata, Cingula sp., "Cingula semicostata" = Onoba semicostata
Rissoa inconspicua snail
Rissoa sp. Fréminville 1814 snail
"Rissoa curticostata" = Rissoa (Turboella) curticostata Wood 1848 snail
Cingula sp. Fleming 1818 snail
"Cingula semicostata" = Onoba semicostata Montagu 1803 snail | |
Polyplacophora | |
Chiton sp. Linnaeus 1758 chiton |