Royal Society Borehole (57-61 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 LM5, 57-61 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 97968: 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.
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax vittatus da Costa 1778 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
"Tellina praetenuis" = Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis Leathes in Woodward 1830 tellin clam
Macoma obliqua Sowerby 1817 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra alba Wood 1802 abra
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Venerupis sp. Lamarck 1818 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam
 Cardiida - Erycinidae
"Lepton nitidum" = Hemilepton nitidum
"Lepton nitidum" = Hemilepton nitidum Turton 1822 clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
 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 Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
Retusa obtusa Montagu 1808 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius consociatus Wood 1848 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Nucella lapillus, "Trophon clathratus" = Boreotrophon clathratus
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
"Trophon clathratus" = Boreotrophon clathratus Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Polyplacophora
 Chitonida - Chitonidae
Chiton sp. Linnaeus 1758 chiton