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

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae
Hypacanthoplites sp. Spath 1923 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Lopha diluviana" = Rastellum diluvianum
"Lopha diluviana" = Rastellum diluvianum Linnaeus 1767 oyster
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae