Abbots Cliff, T. costatus subzone (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 2.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turrilites costatus ammonoid zone, Ferriby Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Acanthoceras rhotomagense zone, Turrilites costatus subzone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified limestone and lithified marl

• marly chalk and marl

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: C. R. C. Paul, S. F. Mitchell, J. D. Marshall, P. N. Leary, A. S. Gale, A. M. Duane, and P. W. Ditchfield. 1994. Palaeoceanographic events in the Middle Cenomanian of northwest Europe. Cretaceous Research 15:707-738 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 78588: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.02.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pseudospiroplectinata plana
Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Ramulina sp.
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Dentalina sp., Vaginulina sp., Frondicularia sp., Tristix excavatum, Nodosaria sp.
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Vaginulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Frondicularia sp. Defrance 1824
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp., Palmula sp.
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Palmula sp. Lea 1833
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
Gyroidinoides parva
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Lingulogavelinella globosa, Gavelinella baltica, Gavelinella cenomanica, Gavelinella intermedia, Gavelinella reussi
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
"Globigerinelloides bentonensis" = Anomalina bentonensis
"Globigerinelloides bentonensis" = Anomalina bentonensis Morrow 1934
Foraminifera
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"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina) d'Orbigny 1826
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Spiroloculina papyracea
Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Favusellidae
Favusella washitensis
 Globigerinina - Rotaliporidae
Rotalipora montsalvensis
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Bulbophragmium aequale
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp., Gaudryina sp., Dorothia gradata, Eggerellina mariae
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Gaudryina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Labrospira latidorsata
 Nodosariacea - Ellipsolagenidae
Oolina sp.
Oolina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
"Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis
"Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis Carsey 1954
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
"Praeglobotruncana delrioensis" = Globorotalia delrioensis
"Praeglobotruncana delrioensis" = Globorotalia delrioensis Plummer 1931
 Textulariina - Prolixoplectidae
Plectina mariae, Plectina cenomana
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
Pseudotextulariella cretosa
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Ataxophragmium depressum, Marssonella trochus
 Ataxophragmiacea - Globotextulariidae
Arenobulimina advena
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscus cretaceus
 Textulariina - Tritaxiidae
Tritaxia macfadyeni, Tritaxia pyramidata
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
"Rotalipora appenninica" = Globotruncana appenninica, "Praeglobotruncana stephani" = Globotruncana stephani
"Rotalipora appenninica" = Globotruncana appenninica Renz 1936
"Praeglobotruncana stephani" = Globotruncana stephani Gandolfi 1942
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
"Heterohelix moremani" = Guembelina moremani, Guembelitria cenomana
"Heterohelix moremani" = Guembelina moremani Cushman 1938
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Orbirhynchia mantelliana
Orbirhynchia mantelliana d'Sowerby 1826
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Acanthoceras rhotomagense
Acanthoceras rhotomagense Brongniart 1822 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
"Sciponoceras baculoide" = Sciponoceras baculoides
"Sciponoceras baculoide" = Sciponoceras baculoides Mantell 1822 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
Turrilites costatus
Turrilites costatus Lamarck 1801 ammonite
 Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Actinocamax primus
Actinocamax primus Arkhangelsky 1912 belemnite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma seminudum