EKfsec327, Baker's Gap [Folkestone Mbr, Lower Greensand] (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Lophidiaster ornatus Spencer 1913 sea star
Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Phyllobrissus artesianus sea urchin
originally entered as "Phyllobrisus artesianus"
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea glabra Parkinson 1811 clam
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus coptensis" = Birostrina coptensis
"Inoceramus coptensis" = Birostrina coptensis Casey 1961 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Lopha diluviana" = Rastellum diluvianum
"Lopha diluviana" = Rastellum diluvianum Linnaeus 1767 oyster
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Leymeriellidae
Leymeriella regularis d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
"Leymeriella pseudoregularis" = Leymeriella (Neoleymeriella) pseudoregularis Seitz 1930 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae
Anadesmoceras sp. Casey 1954 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Douvilleiceras sp. Grossouvre 1894 ammonite
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
"Rhynchonella gibbsiana" = Cyclothyris gibbsiana
"Rhynchonella gibbsiana" = Cyclothyris gibbsiana Sowerby 1829
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Horneridae
Siphodictyum gracile Lonsdale 1849
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
 Ichnofossils -
Graysonia sp. Stephenson 1952