Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 7.8° E)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Leymeriella regularis ammonoid zone, Folkestone Formation (Lower Greensand Group), Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)
• 3-27
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, yellow, calcareous sandstone
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 1782: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 08.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Lophidiaster ornatus Spencer 1913 sea star | |
Echinoidea | |
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Holaster cantianus sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Tortarctica similis clam | |
Aptolinter aptiensis clam | |
Cucullaea glabra Parkinson 1811 clam | |
"Inoceramus coptensis" = Birostrina coptensis
"Inoceramus coptensis" = Birostrina coptensis Casey 1961 clam | |
Exogyra latissima oyster
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster | |
"Lopha diluviana" = Rastellum diluvianum
"Lopha diluviana" = Rastellum diluvianum Linnaeus 1767 oyster | |
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Leymeriella regularis, "Leymeriella pseudoregularis" = Leymeriella (Neoleymeriella) pseudoregularis
Leymeriella regularis d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
"Leymeriella pseudoregularis" = Leymeriella (Neoleymeriella) pseudoregularis Seitz 1930 ammonite | |
Anadesmoceras sp. Casey 1954 ammonite | |
Douvilleiceras sp. Grossouvre 1894 ammonite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella gibbsiana" = Cyclothyris gibbsiana
"Rhynchonella gibbsiana" = Cyclothyris gibbsiana Sowerby 1829 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Siphodictyum gracile Lonsdale 1849 | |
Polychaeta | |
Graysonia sp. Stephenson 1952 |