Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 2.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Lower Chalk, which overlies the Upper Gault. AGE: Lower Cenomanian. Justified on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From Band 5, which lies in the middle part of the section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, burrowed marl and lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Kennedy
Collection methods: bulk,
• COLLECTOR: W. Kennedy. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy. 1969. The correlation of the lower chalk of south-east England. Proceedings of the Geologists Association 80(4):459-560 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 81003: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.05.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Onchotrochus serpentinus Duncan 1870 stony coral | |
Hexactinellida | |
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870 glass sponge | |
Coelacanthimorpha | |
Macropoma sp. Agassiz 1833 coelacanth | |
Echinoidea | |
"Pseudodiadema variolare" = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema)
"Pseudodiadema variolare" = Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema) sea urchin | |
Holaster sp. Agassiz 1836 sea urchin
Holaster trecensis sea urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Grasirhynchia martini Mantell 1822 | |
Polychaeta | |
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
Inoceramus crippsi Mantell 1822 clam | |
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster | |
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
Neithea sexcostata Woodward 1833 scallop | |
Plicatula inflata scallop | |
"Lima (Plagiostoma) globosa" = Plagiostoma
"Lima (Plagiostoma) globosa" = Plagiostoma file clam | |
"Lucina" sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Hypoturrilites sp. Dubourdieu 1953 ammonite |