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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Ammodiscus cretaceus Reuss 1845 | |
"Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis
"Hedbergella delrioensis" = Globigerina delrioensis Carsey 1954 | |
Nodosariata | |
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Cephalopoda | |
Acanthoceras rhotomagense Brongniart 1822 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Orbirhynchia mantelliana d'Sowerby 1826 |