CBPsl, Chamberlain Barn [Shenley Limestone, Lower Greensand] (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Leymeriella tardefurcata ammonoid zone, Shenley Limestone Member (Munday’s Hill Phosphatic Sandstone Formation), Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; carbonate

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 1864: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 10.06.1999, edited by Marko Manojlovic

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Taxonomic list

• Casey states, "the following list is by no means complete, but includes the commoner and more important forms"
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unclassified
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indet. pterygotos
Crinoidea
 Cyrtocrinida - Sclerocrinidae
Torynocrinus sp.
Torynocrinus sp. Seeley 1866 Sea lily
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus fittoni
Echinoidea
 Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae
Hyposalenia studeri
 Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia rugosa
Salenia rugosa sea urchin
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Nucleolites lacunosus
 Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Catopygus columbarius
 Echinoneoida - Echinoneidae
"Pyrina desmoulinsii" = Pygoyrina desmoulinsii
"Pyrina desmoulinsii" = Pygoyrina desmoulinsii Archiac 1847 sea urchin
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
"Conulopyrina anomala" = Conulus (Conulopyrina)
"Conulopyrina anomala" = Conulus (Conulopyrina) sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster murchisonianus
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Holaster cantianus
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Capillithyrididae
"Platythyris diversa" = Capillarina diversa, "Terebratula capillata" = Capillithyris capillata
"Platythyris diversa" = Capillarina diversa Cox and Middlemiss 1978
"Terebratula capillata" = Capillithyris capillata Archiac 1847
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula gigantea
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
"Terebratula dutempleana" = Moutonithyris dutempleana, Rectithyris depressa, Rectithyris shenleyensis, Walkerithyris mendax n. sp., Boubeithyris boubei, Boubeithyris buzzardensis n. sp.
"Terebratula dutempleana" = Moutonithyris dutempleana d'Orbigny 1851
Rectithyris depressa Lamarck 1819
originally entered as "Rectithyrus depressa"
Rectithyris shenleyensis Walker and Lamplugh 1903
originally entered as "Rectithyrus shenleyensis"
Walkerithyris mendax n. sp. Cox and Middlemiss 1978
Boubeithyris boubei d'Archiac 1847
Boubeithyris buzzardensis n. sp. Cox and Middlemiss 1978
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
"Terebratulina triangularis" = Murravia triangularis
"Terebratulina triangularis" = Murravia triangularis Tate 1880
 Terebratulida -
Magas latestriana, Magas orthiformis
 Terebratulida - Kingenidae
Kingena lima, Kingena arenosa, Kingena newtoni
 Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Gemmarcula menardi, Terebrirostra arduennensis
Gemmarcula menardi Lamarck 1819
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria convexiformis, Modestella sp. n. sp.
Modestella sp. n. sp. Owen 1961
originally entered as "Modestella sp. nov."
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
"Rhynchonella lineolata" = Monticlarella lineolata
"Rhynchonella lineolata" = Monticlarella lineolata Phillips 1829
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella shenleyensis, Rhynchonella mirabilis, Rhynchonella leightonensis, Rhynchonella dimidiata, Rhynchonella antidichotoma, "Rhynchonella grasiana" = Grasirhynchia grasiana
"Rhynchonella grasiana" = Grasirhynchia grasiana d'Orbigny 1849
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer sublineatus, Modiolus reversus
Modiolus reversus Sowerby 1836 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys robinaldina" = Mimachlamys robinaldina
"Chlamys robinaldina" = Mimachlamys robinaldina Orbigny 1847 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea quinquecostata
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula inflata
 Pectinida - Limidae
Acesta longa, Limatula sabulosa n. sp., Plagiostoma globosum
Acesta longa file clam
Limatula sabulosa n. sp. file clam
"sabulosa sp. nov." - originally entered as "Limatula sabulosa sp. nov."
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"cf. Neptunella espaillaci" = Neptunopecten
"cf. Neptunella espaillaci" = Neptunopecten scallop
originally entered as "Neptunella cf. espaillaci"
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma pectinatum
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Aconeceras sp. n. sp.
Aconeceras sp. n. sp. Hyatt 1903 ammonite
originally entered as "Aconeceras sp. nov."
 Ammonitida - Leymeriellidae
Leymeriella regularis, Leymeriella tardefurcata
Leymeriella regularis d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
Leymeriella tardefurcata Leymerie 1841 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Eucycloscala mulleti
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Bathrotomaria leightonensis
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
cf. Tectus huoti
cf. Tectus huoti top snail
originally entered as "Tectus cf. huoti"
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Confusiscala dupiniana, Claviscala clementina
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Sipho gaultinus" = Trophon (Sipho)
"Sipho gaultinus" = Trophon (Sipho) murex snail
Thecostraca
 Verrucomorpha - Pycnolepadidae
Pycnolepas rigida
Pycnolepas rigida Sowerby 1836 barnacle
 Calanticomorpha - Cretiscalpellidae
Cretiscalpellum unguls
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Erymidae
Enoploclytia tuberculata
 Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
"Cyphonotus incertus" = Distefania incerta, Goniodromites scarabaeus
"Cyphonotus incertus" = Distefania incerta Bell 1863 crab
 Decapoda - Diaulacidae
Diaulax carteriana
Diaulax carteriana Bell 1863 crab