Royal Society Borehole (97-99 ft), Ludham (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

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, 97-99 ft below surface

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shelly sands, varying amounts of clay. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of facies description of sample preparation.

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 97964: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated nomenclature but with species resolution identifications.
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia semistriata
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp., Astarte montagui
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
Astarte montagui Dillwyn 1817 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Cardiida - Lasaeidae
"Mysella bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata, ? Kellia sp.
"Mysella bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata Montague 1803 kelly clam
? Kellia sp. Fischer 1884 kelly clam
MISSPELT: ? Kellya sp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus, Cardium scrabrum, Cardium sp., "Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus Mohr 1786 cockle
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma obliqua, "Arcopagia crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa
Macoma obliqua Sowerby 1817 tellin clam
"Arcopagia crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa Pennant 1777 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra alba
Abra alba Wood 1802 abra
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata, Venus sp., Venerupis sp.
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Venerupis sp. Lamarck 1818 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta sp., Diplodonta astartea
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831 clam
Diplodonta astartea Nyst 1835 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula sp., Spisula elliptica
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
Spisula elliptica Brown 1827 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
"Anomia squamula" = Heteranomia squamula
"Anomia squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys tigerinus, "Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Gibbula sp., Gibbula nehalenniae
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae indet., Odostomia sp., Chrysallida spiralis, Chrysallida cf. obtusa, Turbonilla internodula
Pyramidellidae indet. Gray 1840 snail
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
Turbonilla internodula Wood 1848 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea chinensis
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella triplicata
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum undatum
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Nucella lapillus
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
Caecum glabrum
Caecum glabrum Montagu 1803 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Rissoa sp., "Rissoa curticostata" = Rissoa (Turboella) curticostata, Cingula sp., "Cingula semicostata" = Onoba semicostata
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
 Chitonida - Chitonidae
Chiton sp.
Chiton sp. Linnaeus 1758 chiton