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, 86.5-88.5 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 97966: 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 | |
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
"Mysella cf. bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata
"Mysella cf. bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata Montague 1803 kelly clam | |
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus, Cardium scrabrum, Cardium sp., Laevicardium decorticatum, "Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus Mohr 1786 cockle
Cardium scrabrum cockle
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Laevicardium decorticatum Wood 1840 cockle
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
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 | |
Abra alba Wood 1802 abra | |
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam | |
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam | |
"Lepton nitidum" = Hemilepton nitidum
"Lepton nitidum" = Hemilepton nitidum Turton 1822 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Anomia squamula" = Heteranomia squamula
"Anomia squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Neptunea antiqua snail | |
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail
Gibbula nehalenniae top snail | |
"Actaeon tornatilis" = Acteon
"Actaeon tornatilis" = Acteon snail | |
Odostomia cf. conoidea Brocchi 1814 snail
Chrysallida spiralis snail
Turbonilla elegantissima snail
Turbonilla internodula Wood 1848 snail | |
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Turritella triplicata turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
"Mangelia ambigua" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangelia ambigua" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail | |
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
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 |