PBDB Collection

Woolwich Shell Beds, Well Hall, England (Paleocene to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.5° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 45.3° N, 1.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Woolwich and Reading Formation, Early/Lower Paleocene to Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 58.7 Ma)

• The Woolwich shell beds are located midway up the Woolwich and Reading FM. It lies over the Reading beds and below the striped loam beds. The woolwich and Reading Fm lies below the Oldhaven and London Clay FMs.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, black, gray claystone and sandstone

• grey, black clays with abundant fossils, often laminated; grey coarse sand with scattered pebbles

Collection methods: bulk, core,

Primary reference: S. Tracey. 1986. Lower Tertiary strata exposed in a temporary excavation at Well Hall, Eltham, south east London. Tertiary Research 7(4):107-123 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8083: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 19.06.2000

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Taxonomic list

• The specimens are catagorized as follows: A = abundandt; C = common; F = frequent; O = occasional; S = scarce; R = rare; P = present but anundancy not determined; L = local;ly present.

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	? Paracyathus sp. ? Paracyathus sp. Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Bivalvia
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Nucula sp. Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Mytilus mitchelli Mytilus mitchelli mussel
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Crassostrea tenera, "Ostrea bellovacina" = Ostrea (Bellostrea) bellovacina Crassostrea tenera Sowerby 1819 oyster "Ostrea bellovacina" = Ostrea (Bellostrea) bellovacina Lamarck 1806 oyster
Arcida - Arcidae	Barbatia depressa Barbatia depressa clam
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Lentidium arnouldi Lentidium arnouldi clam
Pholadida - Pholadidae	Cyrtopleura levesquei Cyrtopleura levesquei Watelet 1851 clam
Cardiida - Semelidae	Scrobiculabra condamini Scrobiculabra condamini clam
Cardiida - Corbiculidae	Polymesoda cordata, Polymesoda strigosa, Corbicula cuneiformis Polymesoda cordata clam Polymesoda strigosa clam Corbicula cuneiformis Sowerby 1817 clam
Gastropoda
Neritoidea - Neritidae	"Pictoneritina pisiformis" = Clithon (Pictoneritina), Neritoplica uniplicata "Pictoneritina pisiformis" = Clithon (Pictoneritina) snail Neritoplica uniplicata snail
Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae	Sigapatella echinulatum Sigapatella echinulatum slipper shell
Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae	Viviparus suessoniensis Viviparus suessoniensis snail
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	"Pollia lata" = Cantharus (Pollia) "Pollia lata" = Cantharus (Pollia) true whelk
Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae	Bythinella parkinsoni, Hydrobia websteri Bythinella parkinsoni snail Hydrobia websteri snail
Sorbeoconcha - Amnicolidae	Lapparentia cochlearella Lapparentia cochlearella snail
Sorbeoconcha - Iravadiidae	Pasitheola aff. pourcyensis Pasitheola aff. pourcyensis snail
Cerithioidea - Potamididae	Tympanotonos funatus Tympanotonos funatus horn snail
Cerithioidea - Thiaridae	Brotia melanioides Brotia melanioides snail
Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae	Melanopsis antidiluviana Melanopsis antidiluviana snail
Heterostropha - Planorbidae	Planorbis hemistoma Planorbis hemistoma snail
Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae	Odostomia sp. Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
Heterostropha - Ringiculidae	Ringicula lignitarum Ringicula lignitarum snail
Heterostropha - Valvatidae	Valvata sp. Valvata sp. Müller 1774 snail
Ostracoda
Podocopida - Cytherideidae	Vetustocytheridea lignitarum Vetustocytheridea lignitarum ostracod