Sac1-Greensand (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.2° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 10.5° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Atherfield Clay Formation (Lower Greensand Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, sandy shale

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 1835: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Prodeshayesites sp. n. sp. ammonite
originally entered as "Prodeshayesites sp. nov."
aff. Prodeshayesites laeviusculus von Koenen 1902 ammonite
originally entered as "Prodeshayesites aff. laeviusculus"
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Mulletia mulleti Deshayes 1842 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Resatrix parva venus clam
 Carditida - Astartidae