Trimingham 3 (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: sumensis ammonoid zone, Beacon Hill Grey Chalk Member, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, cherty/siliceous chalk and lithified, yellow grainstone

• Grey chalk with five flint bands. A fawn colored calcarenite 0-1m thick occurs below the second flint band from the top.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: chemical,

• 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 157733: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 01.07.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Cretirhynchia sp.
Cretirhynchia sp. Pettitt 1950
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet.
 Terebratulida -
Magas chitoniformis
Magas chitoniformis Schlotheim 1813
 Terebratulida - Gibbithyrididae
Carneithyris subcardinalis
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina chrysalis, Terebratulina faujasii, Terebratulina longicollis, Terebratulina gracilis, Terebratulina subtilis
Terebratulina chrysalis Schlotheim 1813
Terebratulina gracilis Schlotheim 1813
Terebratulina subtilis Steinich 1965