DJB/CE 12 (Cretaceous to of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Sample DJB/CE 12 from the coastal section near Cliff End (Ashdown Beds)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 0.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 10.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Ashdown Formation (Wealden Group), Late/Upper Berriasian to Late/Upper Berriasian (145.0 - 136.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siltstone

• channel-fill siltstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: D. J. Batten. 1982. Palynofacies and salinity in the Purbeck and Wealden of southern England. In F. T. Banner & A. R. Lord (ed.), Aspects of Micropalaeontology: Papers Presented to Professor Tom Barnard 278-308 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32347: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Tiffany Naeher on 26.06.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Triradiate spores and megaspores (mostly Minerisporites alius Batten) are exceptionally abundant. Botryococcus s.1. and other possible freshwater algae referable to Schizosporis reticulatus Cookson and Dettmann (and another undescribed species) occur in association.
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Algae
  - Botryococcaceae
Botryococcus sp.
Botryococcus sp. Kutzing 1849
algae; s.1.
Lycopodiopsida
 Isoetales -
Minerisporites alius