EKfsec2-Greensand (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 5.9° E)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Folkestone Formation (Lower Greensand Group), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; green sandstone and chert
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 1781: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 08.06.1999
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Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Cephalopoda | |
Hypacanthoplites sp. Spath 1923 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Oxytoma pectinatum scallop | |
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop | |
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop | |
"Lopha diluviana" = Rastellum diluvianum
"Lopha diluviana" = Rastellum diluvianum Linnaeus 1767 oyster | |
Sedentaria | |