Steyning chalk-pit (zone of Holaster subglobosus) (Cretaceous to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 1.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Cenomanian to Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Probably zone of Holaster subglobosus according to Woodward (1902)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical

Primary reference: F. Dixon. 1850. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex xvi-422 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221377: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.07.2021

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae
"Stenostoma pulchella n. sp." = Homonotichthys pulchellus
"Stenostoma pulchella n. sp." = Homonotichthys pulchellus Dixon 1850 beardfish