Where: England, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 3.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 0.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hysteroceras varicosum ammonoid zone, Blackdown Greensand Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• Horizon B - 2.26 m above the base of the section. Belongs to H. varicosum zone. (upper Albian). This is possibly equivalent top Downes (1882) Bed 7. The total section thickness was 7 m. Blackdown Greensand is an informal unit, describing a 30 m+ Cretaceous sequence of decalcified sands with layers of cherty sandstone concretions. The Greensand unconformably overlies Triassic and Jurassic strata..
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: No repository mentioned, but presumably this is the British Geological Survey.
Primary reference: M. A. Woods and N.S. Jones. 1996. The sedimentology and biostratigraphy of a temporary exposure of Blackdown Greensand (Lower Cretaceous, upper Albian) at Blackborough, Devon. Proceedings of the Ussher Society 9(1):37-40 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51673: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Bivalvia | |
Nanonavis carinata clam | |
Cucullaea (Idonearca) glabra Parkinson 1811 clam | |
Amphidonte obliquatum oyster | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Nicaniella formosa clam | |
Thetis laevigatum clam | |
Corbula truncata clam | |
Protocardia hillana Sowerby 1813 cockle | |
"? Callistina plana" = Aphrodina plana
"? Callistina plana" = Aphrodina plana Sowerby 1813 venus clam | |
Geltena angulata clam | |
Nucula (Leionucula) impressa Conrad 1849 nut clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Hysteroceras varicosum Sowerby 1824 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella (Torquesia) granulata Sowerby 1827 turret shell | |
"Murex" calcar murex snail | |
Drepanocheilus calcarata snail
Drepanocheilus neglecta snail | |
Pictavia rotundata apple snail |