Shyg5-Greensand (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 10.6° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; 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 1839: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Dirrhopalum sp.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Cheloniceras parinodum
Demospongiae
 Ancorinida - Geodiidae
"Geodites sp." = Geoditesia
"Geodites sp." = Geoditesia Zhuravleva 1962 demosponge
 Monalithistida - Vetulinidae
Mastosia sp.
Mastosia sp. demosponge
 Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
Doryderma sp.
Doryderma sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Axinellida - Axinellidae
Axinella sp.
Axinella sp. Schmidt 1862 demosponge