Speeton, C. inerme subzone (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.2° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 1.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cunningtoniceras inerme ammonoid zone, Ferriby Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• early Middle Cenomanian, Acanthoceras rhotomagense zone, Cunningtoniceras inerme 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 78592: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
 Textulariina - Hyperamminidae
 Ataxophragmiacea - Globotextulariidae
 Textulariina - Tritaxiidae
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
 Textulariina - Prolixoplectidae
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
"Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis
"Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis Carsey 1954
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
  -
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Rotaliporidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Acanthoceras rhotomagense Brongniart 1822 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Orbirhynchia mantelliana d'Sowerby 1826