CBPs-Greensand (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.1° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 10.4° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; 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 1859: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 10.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Cyrtothyris sp. Middlemiss 1959
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys robinaldina" = Mimachlamys robinaldina
"Chlamys robinaldina" = Mimachlamys robinaldina Orbigny 1847 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Australiceras gigas ammonite
from out of place nodule? - originally entered as "Australliceras gigas"
 Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Prodeshayesites fissicostatus ammonite
from out of place nodule?