Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 0.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Stoliczkaia dispar ammonoid zone, Upper Greensand Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Upper Greensand, which underlies the Lower Chalk (Late Cenomanian). AGE: Late Albain; on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy; Stoliczkaia dispar zone; Early Cenomanian in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From top of the Upper Greensand.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, concretionary, glauconitic, green, calcareous conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion, replaced with silica, replaced with phosphate
Collection methods: bulk,
• COLLECTOR: W. J. Kennedy. REPOSITORY: Unknown, probably the BMNH.
Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy. 1970. A correlation of the uppermost Albian and the Cenomanian of South-West England. Proceedings of the Geologist's Association 81(4):613-677 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82808: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.08.2008, edited by Briony Mamo
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) dorsetensis" = Stoliczkaiella (Stoliczkaiella), Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) dispar, "Stoliczkaia cf. notha" = Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) notha
"Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) dorsetensis" = Stoliczkaiella (Stoliczkaiella) ammonite
Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) dispar d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
"Stoliczkaia cf. notha" = Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) notha Seeley 1865 ammonite | |
Arrhaphoceras studeri, Arrhaphoceras sp., Discohoplites sp., Callihoplites cf. vraconensis, Callihoplites sp., Lepthoplites sp., Lepthoplites cantabrigiensis
Arrhaphoceras studeri ammonite
Arrhaphoceras sp. Whitehouse 1927 ammonite
Discohoplites sp. ammonite
Callihoplites cf. vraconensis ammonite
Callihoplites sp. ammonite
Lepthoplites sp. ammonite
Lepthoplites cantabrigiensis Spath 1926 ammonite | |
Anisoceras sp. Pictet 1854 ammonite
Anisoceras perarmatum Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite | |
Stomohamites sp. ammonite | |
Mariella miliaris Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite
Ostlingoceras puzosianum d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite | |
Lechites sp., "Lechites gaudini" = Lechites (Lechites) gaudini
Lechites sp. Nowak 1908 ammonite
"Lechites gaudini" = Lechites (Lechites) gaudini Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Exogyra obliquata oyster | |
Lima canalifera Goldfuss 1836 file clam | |
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop | |
Chlamys aspera scallop | |
"Neithea gibbosa" = Neithea (Neithea) gibbosa
"Neithea gibbosa" = Neithea (Neithea) gibbosa Pultney 1813 scallop | |
"Arcacea indet." = Arcoidea
"Arcacea indet." = Arcoidea Lamarck 1809 clam | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Cyclothyris sp. M'Coy 1844 | |
Echinoidea | |
Catopygus columbaris sea urchin | |
Discoidea subculus sea urchin | |
Holaster laevis sea urchin | |
Foraminifera | |