Royal Society Borehole (94-94.5 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 LM3, 94-94.5 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 97965: 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
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp., Yoldia oblongoides
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp., Astarte montagui, "Astarte basterotii" = Isocrassina basteroti
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
Astarte montagui Dillwyn 1817 clam
"Astarte basterotii" = Isocrassina basteroti De la Jonkaire 1823 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Mya sp.
Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus, Cardium scrabrum, "Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus Mohr 1786 cockle
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet., "Tellina praetenuis" = Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis, "Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
"Tellina praetenuis" = Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis Leathes in Woodward 1830 tellin clam
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra alba
Abra alba Wood 1802 abra
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata, Venerupis sp.
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 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 triangulata, Spisula subtruncata, Spisula elliptica
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam
Spisula elliptica Brown 1827 clam
 Cardiida - Montacutidae
"Montacuta ferruginosa" = Tellimya ferruginosa
"Montacuta ferruginosa" = Tellimya ferruginosa Montague 1808 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 opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Gastropoda
  - Neptuneidae
Neptunea antiqua
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Gibbula sp., Gibbula cf. nehalenniae
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia sp., Chrysallida spiralis, Turbonilla sp., Turbonilla internodula
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
Turbonilla internodula Wood 1848 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea chinensis
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella triplicata, Turritella sp.
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp.
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Nucella lapillus
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
Caecum glabrum
Caecum glabrum Montagu 1803 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Rissoa inconspicua, Rissoa sp., "Rissoa curticostata" = Rissoa (Turboella) curticostata, "Cingula semicostata" = Onoba semicostata
Rissoa sp. Fréminville 1814 snail
"Rissoa curticostata" = Rissoa (Turboella) curticostata Wood 1848 snail
"Cingula semicostata" = Onoba semicostata Montagu 1803 snail