Nettleton Bottom Chalk Quarry, Lincolnshire, Ampthill Clay, rosencrantzi Zone (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.5° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 9.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ampthill Clay Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• Nettleton section

•rosencrantzi zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone and 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 38493: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 22.04.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Tetraserpula sp. Parsch 1956
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Dicroloma sp. Gabb 1868 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Deltoideum sp. Rollier 1917 oyster
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima sp. Vokes 1945 clam
 Nuculida -
Nuculacea indet. Gray 1824 clam