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 LM5, 61-63 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 97967: 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 | |
"Nucula cobboldiae" = Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae
"Nucula cobboldiae" = Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae Linnaeus 1767 divaricate nutclam | |
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam | |
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Mya sp., "Mya cf. arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
"Mya cf. arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus, Cardium scrabrum, Cardium sp., "Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus Mohr 1786 cockle
Cardium scrabrum cockle
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Donax vittatus da Costa 1778 clam | |
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
"Tellina praetenuis" = Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis Leathes in Woodward 1830 tellin clam
Macoma obliqua Sowerby 1817 tellin clam
Tellina fabia tellin clam | |
Abra ovata abra
Abra alba Wood 1802 abra | |
"Cyprina islandica" = Arctica islandica
"Cyprina islandica" = Arctica islandica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata, Venerupis sp.
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Venerupis sp. Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Diplodonta astartea Nyst 1835 clam | |
"Lepton nitidum" = Hemilepton nitidum
"Lepton nitidum" = Hemilepton nitidum Turton 1822 clam | |
"Montacuta ferruginosa" = Tellimya ferruginosa
"Montacuta ferruginosa" = Tellimya ferruginosa Montague 1808 clam | |
Ensis sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam | |
"Anomia squamula" = Heteranomia squamula
"Anomia squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Chlamys tigerinus, "Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis
Chlamys tigerinus scallop
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Mytilus edulis, "Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Acmaea parvula limpet | |
Planorbis leucostoma Millet 1813 snail | |
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Clathrus clathratus wentletrap | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Littorina littorea periwinkle | |
Clathurella sp. Carpenter 1857 snail | |
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
Hydrobia ulvas snail | |
Polyplacophora | |
Chiton sp. Linnaeus 1758 chiton |