Ssgp-Greensand (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.2° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 10.2° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; carbonaceous 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 1842: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 10.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Catopygus sp.
Catopygus sp. sea urchin
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Holaster sp.
Holaster sp. Agassiz 1836 sea urchin
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Margarites mirabilis
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula tombeckiana
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Parahoplitidae
Parahoplites cunningtoni n. sp.
Parahoplites cunningtoni n. sp. ammonite
"cunningtoni sp. nov." - originally entered as "Parahoplites cunningtoni sp. nov."
 Ichnofossils -
Chondrites sp.
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833