PBDB Collection

CBPlb2, Leighton Buzzard [Lower Greensand] (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 6.3° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Leymeriella tardefurcata ammonoid zone, Lower Greensand Group, Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• COMMENTS: Band II. AGE: Early Albian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Leymeriella tardefurcata-Douvilleiceras mammillatum zone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• fossils from irregular, round, elongated, or flattened nodules, black inside, grey outside

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 1862: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 10.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Leymeriellidae	Leymeriella renascens, Leymeriella tardefurcata, Leymeriella regularis, "Leymeriella diabolus" = Leymeriella (Neoleymeriella) diabola, "Leymeriella consueta" = Neoleymeriella consueta, "Leymeriella pseudoregularis" = Leymeriella (Neoleymeriella) pseudoregularis Leymeriella renascens ammonite Leymeriella tardefurcata Leymerie 1841 ammonite Leymeriella regularis d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite "Leymeriella diabolus" = Leymeriella (Neoleymeriella) diabola Casey 1957 ammonite "Leymeriella consueta" = Neoleymeriella consueta Casey 1957 ammonite "Leymeriella pseudoregularis" = Leymeriella (Neoleymeriella) pseudoregularis Seitz 1930 ammonite
Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae	Anadesmoceras baylei, Anadesmoceras subbaylei Anadesmoceras baylei ammonite Anadesmoceras subbaylei Spath 1942 ammonite
Ammonitida - Hoplitidae	Sonneratia kitchini Sonneratia kitchini Spath 1925 ammonite
Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae	"Beudanticeras newtoni" = Roberticeras newtoni "Beudanticeras newtoni" = Roberticeras newtoni Casey 1961 ammonite
Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae	"Eogaudryceras shimizui" = Eogaudryceras (Eogaudryceras) shimizui "Eogaudryceras shimizui" = Eogaudryceras (Eogaudryceras) shimizui Breistroffer 1936 ammonite
Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae	Douvilleiceras mammillatum Douvilleiceras mammillatum Schlotheim 1813 ammonite
Ammonitida - Oppeliidae	Aconeceras sp. n. sp. Aconeceras sp. n. sp. Hyatt 1903 ammonite originally entered as "Aconeceras sp. nov."
Gastropoda
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Tessarolax retusum Tessarolax retusum snail
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Gyrodes genti Gyrodes genti moon snail
Trochoidea - Turbinidae	Semisolarium moniliferum Semisolarium moniliferum snail
Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae	Leptomaria gibbsi Leptomaria gibbsi snail
Bivalvia
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Entolium orbiculare Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
Pectinida - Neitheoidae	Neithea quinquecostata Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
Myalinida - Inoceramidae	"Inoceramus salomoni" = Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) salomoni, "Inoceramus coptensis" = Birostrina coptensis "Inoceramus salomoni" = Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) salomoni d'Orbigny 1850 clam "Inoceramus coptensis" = Birostrina coptensis Casey 1961 clam
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	Cucullaea glabra Cucullaea glabra Parkinson 1811 clam
Lucinida - Mactromyidae	Thetironia minor Thetironia minor Sowerby 1826 clam
Cardiida - Veneridae	Resatrix vibrayeana Resatrix vibrayeana venus clam
Hiatellida - Hiatellidae	Panopea gurgitis Panopea gurgitis clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Pseudocardia tenuicosta Pseudocardia tenuicosta clam