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
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
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam | |
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
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 | |
Abra ovata abra
Abra alba Wood 1802 abra | |
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Venerupis sp. Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam | |
"Lepton nitidum" = Hemilepton nitidum
"Lepton nitidum" = Hemilepton nitidum Turton 1822 clam | |
Ensis siliqua 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 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Retusa obtusa Montagu 1808 snail | |
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail
Calliostoma noduliferens top snail | |
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Clathrus clathratus wentletrap | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Littorina littorea periwinkle | |
Nassarius consociatus Wood 1848 snail | |
Nucella lapillus, "Trophon clathratus" = Boreotrophon clathratus
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
"Trophon clathratus" = Boreotrophon clathratus Linnaeus 1767 murex snail | |
Hydrobia ulva snail | |
Polyplacophora | |
Chiton sp. Linnaeus 1758 chiton |