Where: England, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 1.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Micraster cortestudinarium ammonoid zone, Upper Chalk Formation (Chalk Group), Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)
• Formation name remains in informal use but is obsolete onshore according to the BGS
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BGS
• Repository: Geological Survey and Museum (GSM) = British Geological Survey (BGS)
Primary reference: N. E. Pettitt. 1950. Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk. Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk, Part I 103(450):1-26 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 159444: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 02.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Cretirhynchia subplicata Mantell 1822 |