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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Musculus (Musculus) fischerianus mussel '8 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 5 listed specimens, two belong to this locality
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Falcimytilus suprajurensis Cox 1925 mussel | |
Anopaea sphenoidea clam | |
Arctotis intermedia scallop | |
Entolium (Entolium) orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop | |
Pinna (Pinna) subcuneata oyster
Pinna (Pinna) suprajurensis oyster | |
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster | |
Dicranodonta vagans clam 'c. 200 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 11 listed specimens, 3 belong to this locality
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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
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Lyapinella asiatica clam 'c. 300 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 10 listed specimens, 6 belong to this locality
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