Maidstone (BGS) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)
Where: United Kingdom (51.3° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 11.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hythe Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, sandy limestone
• "In Kent and eastern Sussex the formation comprises, alternating sandy limestones ("Ragstone") and glauconitic sandy mudstones" according to BGS. Specimens discussed in the paper come from the calcareous facies apparently.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. A. Middlemiss. 1959. English Aptian Terebratulidae. Palaeontology 2(1):94-142 [A. Tomasovych/A. Tomasovych]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 165342: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 17.01.2015
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| Rhynchonellata | |
"Platythyris comptonensis" = Aniabrochus comptonensis
"Platythyris comptonensis" = Aniabrochus comptonensis Middlemiss 1959 | |