Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 9.5° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Atherfield Clay Formation (Lower Greensand Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• part of author's Atherfield Clay Series; 60-70ft. above 5ft. of Perna beds below which mark beginning of section
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: R. Casey. 1961. The stratigraphical palaeontology of the Lower Greensand. Palaeontology 3(4):487-621 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 1745: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 07.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Prodeshayesites sp. ammonite
Deshayesites forbesi n. sp. ammonite "forbesi sp. nov." - originally entered as "Deshayesites forbesi sp. nov."
Deshayesites fittoni n. sp. ammonite "fittoni sp. nov." - originally entered as "Deshayesites fittoni sp. nov."
Deshayesites sp. Kazansky 1914 ammonite | |
Roloboceras sp. Casey 1954 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Anchura robinaldina snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pinna robinaldina d'Orbigny 1844 oyster | |
Pseudoptera subdepressa oyster | |
Aptolinter aptiensis clam | |
Panopea gurgitis clam | |
Resatrix dolabra venus clam | |
Nuculana scapha pointed nut clam |