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, 56-57 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 97969: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.09.2010
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula cobboldiae" = Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae
"Nucula cobboldiae" = Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae Linnaeus 1767 divaricate nutclam | |
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 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 | |
"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 sp. Bronn 1831 clam | |
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 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
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Neptunea antiqua snail | |
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail | |
Planorbis leucostoma Millet 1813 snail | |
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail | |
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Clathrus clathratus wentletrap | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Littorina littorea periwinkle | |
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
Hydrobia ulva snail | |
Cingula proxima snail |