Nettleton Bottom Chalk Quarry, Lincolnshire, Upper Cornbrush (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.5° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Cornbrush Formation, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• Nettleton

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: M. J. Bradshaw and S.R. Penney. 1982. A cored Jurassic sequence from north Lincolnshire, England: stratigraphy, facies analysis and regional context. Geological Magazine 119(2):113-134 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38483: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 22.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Praeexogyra sp. Charles 1952 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys (Radulopecten) sp. Rollier 1911 scallop
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis sp. Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida -
Echinoidea
 Echinoida -
Echinoida indet. Troschel 1872 sea urchin