Where: United Kingdom (54.6° N, 6.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 3.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mantelliceras dixoni ammonoid zone, Belfast Marls Member (Hibernian Greensands Formation), Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• The matrix suggests the specimen is from the shell bed approximately 1 m above the base of the unit.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, bioturbated, glauconitic, sandy claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: The Ulster Museum, National Museums of Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Primary reference: A. S. Gale, M. J. Simms, and W. J. Kennedy. 2018. Stratigraphy and ammonite faunas of the Cenomanian rocks of Northern Ireland, UK. Cretaceous Research 87:102-119 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193271: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.05.2018

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