LGGB2-Greensand (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 9.5° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Gryphaea Member (Ferruginous Sands Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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 1751: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 07.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillaria sp.
Gervillaria sp. Cox 1951 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Sulcirhynchia sp.
Sulcirhynchia sp. Burri 1953
originally entered as "Sulcirhynchia spp."
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Sellithyris sella
Sellithyris sella Sowerby 1823