CUC 442 (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Cuckfield #1 Borehole, Sidnye Farm, Sussex, England, depth 442 ft. (Hauterivian)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.0° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Upper Member (Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation), Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, brown, gray siltstone

• Brownish grey consolidated poorly sorted silt with small cuticle and wood fragments present

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical, sieve,

Primary reference: D. J. Batten. 1969. Some British Wealden megaspores and their facies distribution. Palaeontology 12(2):333-350 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/T. Naeher]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31954: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Tiffany Naeher on 29.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Pteridopsida
 Marsileales -
Lycopodiopsida
 Isoetales -
cf. Minerisporites marginatus Potonie 1956 clubmoss
cfB.
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
"Thomsonia alata n. sp." = Coptothyris
"Thomsonia alata n. sp." = Coptothyris