Little Marl Point 2A (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (52.9° N, 1.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: sumensis ammonoid zone, Little Marl Point Chalk Member, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, nodular, white, muddy, cherty/siliceous chalk

• Soft white chalk with five horizons (F,D,C,B) of nodular flint and two thin marl bands (below F, E). Top contains horizon packed with oyster shells (Ostrea lunata)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Museum, University of Coppenhagen

Primary reference: M. B. Johansen and F. Surlyk. 1990. Brachiopods and the stratigraphy of the Upper Campanian and Lower Maastrichtian Chalk of Norfolk, England. Palaeontology 33(4):823-872 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157704: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 01.07.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina gracilis Schlotheim 1813
Terebratulina chrysalis Schlotheim 1813
Terebratulina subtilis Steinich 1965
 Terebratulida -
Magas chitoniformis Schlotheim 1813
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Cretirhynchia sp. Pettitt 1950
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula ? cretacea Lundgren 1885
Lingula cretacea?