Locality 10, West Keal, Lincolnshire (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (53.1° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Spilsby Member (Spilsby Sandstone Formation), Early/Lower Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• Lower Spilsby Member, preplicomphalus Biozone, Upper Volgian (according to Sey and Kalacheva 1999 = Lower Berriasian)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified, glauconitic sandstone

• pale, medium to coarse grained glauconitic sands with 0.5m thick tough calcite cemented concretions at top

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BGS

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: S. R. A. Kelly. 1984. Bivalvia of the Spilsby Sandstone and Sandringham Sands (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous) of eastern England; Part I. The Palaeontographical Society, London 1-94 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69135: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 20.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

• Focus on bivalves.
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus (Musculus) fischerianus mussel
'8 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 5 listed specimens, two belong to this locality
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Dicranodonta vagans clam
'c. 200 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 11 listed specimens, 3 belong to this locality
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia crassa clam
'14 specimens' from probably four localities; of the 9 listed specimens, one belongs to this locality
Discoloripes fischerianus clam
'50 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 20 listed specimens, 16 belong to this locality
 Carditida - Astartidae
Lyapinella asiatica clam
'c. 300 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 10 listed specimens, 6 belong to this locality
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae