WKfsw7 (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 6.9° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Folkestone Formation (Lower Greensand Group), Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• PJW: Was given as Folkestone member, but it is now a formation. Folkestone overlies the Sandgate formation and underlies the Gault formation. It seems to span the Late Aptian to Early Albian; as this was reported as Albian, I changed it to Early Albian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, gray shale

• fossils found in nodules in the bed

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 1827: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
Sonneratia sp.
Sonneratia sp. Bayle 1878 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae
Cleoniceras floridum n. sp., Cleoniceras sp. n. sp., Cleoniceras cleon, Cleoniceras inornatum
Cleoniceras floridum n. sp. ammonite
"floridum sp. nov." - originally entered as "Cleoniceras floridum sp. nov."
Cleoniceras sp. n. sp. Parona and Bonarelli 1897 ammonite
"spp. nov." - originally entered as "Cleoniceras spp. nov."
Cleoniceras cleon d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
Cleoniceras inornatum Casey 1954 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Beudanticeratidae
Beudanticeras sp.
Beudanticeras sp. Hitzell 1902 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
Protanisoceras cantianum, Protanisoceras vaucherianum, Protanisoceras sp. n. sp., Protanisoceras acteon, Protanisoceras blancheti
Protanisoceras sp. n. sp. ammonite
originally entered as "Protanisoceras sp. nov."
Protanisoceras acteon d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite
Protanisoceras blancheti Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Douvilleiceras sp.
Douvilleiceras sp. Grossouvre 1894 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes genti
Gyrodes genti moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura parkinsoni
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Semisolarium moniliferum
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Leionucula ovata
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus salomoni" = Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) salomoni
"Inoceramus salomoni" = Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) salomoni d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea quinquecostata
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gurgitis
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae
Notopocorystes stokesi, "Eucorystes broderipi" = Joeranina broderipi
Notopocorystes stokesi Mantell 1844 crab
"Eucorystes broderipi" = Joeranina broderipi Mantell 1844 crab
 Decapoda - Homolidae
"Homolopsis edwardsi" = Homolopsis edwardsii
"Homolopsis edwardsi" = Homolopsis edwardsii Bell 1863 crab