Ford Place, Wrotham (Dimorphoplites niobe subzone) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 0.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 5.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Euhoplites loricatus ammonoid zone, Gault Formation, Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• Dimorphoplites niobe subzone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.S.H. Collins; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: J. S. H. Collins. 1974. Recent advances in the knowledge of Gault Cirripedia. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 85:377-386 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 211448: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.07.2020

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Taxonomic list

Thecostraca
 Pollicipomorpha - Pollicipedidae
Pollicipes nitidum Collins 1974 barnacle
 Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae
"Arcoscalpellum comptum" = Jaegerscalpellum comptum, "Arcoscalpellum arcuatum" = Arcuatoscalpellum arcuatum
"Arcoscalpellum comptum" = Jaegerscalpellum comptum Withers 1910 barnacle
"Arcoscalpellum arcuatum" = Arcuatoscalpellum arcuatum Darwin 1851 barnacle
 Calanticomorpha - Cretiscalpellidae
Cretiscalpellum unguis Sowerby 1836 barnacle