Godstone (Hythe Fm.) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)
Where: United Kingdom (51.3° N, 0.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 10.9° 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
Reposited in the BMNH
• C.W. Wright's collection
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 165360: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 17.01.2015
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Praelongithyris praelongiforma Middlemiss 1959 | |