Where: England, United Kingdom (52.8° N, 1.5° E: paleocoordinates 52.8° N, 1.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Red Crag Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Red Crag, which is regionally overlies the Coralline Crag. AGE: Late Pliocene, according to Rayner, 1981 on the basis of foraminiferal and palynological biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not stated, but probably Stearns Wood, c. 1840's-1870's. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: S. V. Wood. 1848. A monograph of the Crag Mollusca or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper Tertiaries of the East of England. Part 1. Univalves 1-208 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84759: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.11.2008, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
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"Leda myalis" = Yoldia (Yoldia) myalis2
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"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona2
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"Anomia patelliformis" = Pododesmus patelliformis2
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"Pecten maximus" = Pecten maxima2, "Pecten pusio" = Talochlamys pusio2, "Pecten gracilis" = Aequipecten opercularis2, "Pecten dubius" = Aequipecten opercularis2, "Pecten tigrinus" = Palliolum tigrinum2
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Astarte crebrilirata2, Astarte digitaria2, Astarte mutabilis2, "Astarte basterotii" = Isocrassina basteroti2, "Astarte obliquata" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata2, "Astarte burtinii" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata burtinea2, Astarte incrassata2, Astarte gracilis2, Astarte compressa2, Astarte sulcata2
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"Glycimeris angusta" = Glycymeris2, Panopea norvegica2, Panopea faujasii2, "Saxicava arctica" = Hiatella arctica2, "Saxicava rugosa" = Hiatella2
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"Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia2
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Gastrana laminosa2, "Tellina crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa2, Tellina lata2, Tellina benedenii2, "Tellina praetenuis" = Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis2, "Tellina obliqua" = Macoma (Macoma) obliqua2
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"Cardium groenlandicum" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus2, Cardium nodosulum2, Cardium nodosum2, Cardium angustatum2, Cardium interruptum2, Cardium venustum2, "Cardium echinatum" = Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata2, "Cardium parkinsoni" = Laevicardium (Dinocardium) parkinsoni2
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"Lepton deltoideum" = Bornia (Bornia) deltoidea2
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Tapes virginea2, "Venus imbricata" = Timoclea imbricata2, "Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata2, "Venus fasciata" = Clausinella fasciata2, Artemis lentiformis2, Lucinopsis lajonkairii2, "Cytherea rudis" = Pitar (Pitar) rudis2, "Circe minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima2
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Diplodonta astartea2, "Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata2, Diplodonta dilatata2
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Lutraria lutraria2, Trigonella plana2, Mactra ovalis2, Mactra solida2, Mactra constricta n. sp.2, Mactra truncata2, Mactra stultorum2, "Mactra arcuata" = Spisula arcuata2, "Mactra obtruncata" = Spisula obtruncata2, "Mactra subtruncata" = Spisula subtruncata2
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"Mactra deaurata" = Mesodesma deauratum2
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"Loripes divaricata" = Lucinella divaricata2
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Gastropoda | |
"Pleurotoma semicolon" = Crassispira (Crassispira) semicolon
"Pleurotoma semicolon" = Crassispira (Crassispira) semicolon Sowerby 1816 snail | |
Terebra inversa Nyst 1843 auger snail | |
"Pleurotoma carinata" = Spirotropis confusa
"Pleurotoma carinata" = Spirotropis confusa Seguenza 1880 snail | |
"Clavatula nebula" = Mangelia nebula
"Clavatula nebula" = Mangelia nebula Montagu 1803 snail | |
Pleurotoma turricula Montagu 1803 turrid
Pleurotoma intorta Brocchi 1814 turrid | |
Clavatula costata Da Costa 1778 snail
Clavatula plicifera Wood 1842 snail
Clavatula mitrula Sowerby 1822 snail
Clavatula linearis Montagu 1803 snail | |
"Clavatula trevelliana" = Curtitoma reticulata, "Clavatula turricula" = Propebela turricula
"Clavatula trevelliana" = Curtitoma reticulata Brown 1827 cone shell
"Clavatula turricula" = Propebela turricula Montagu 1803 cone shell | |
"Cancellaria mitraeformis" = Lyria mitraeformis
"Cancellaria mitraeformis" = Lyria mitraeformis Lamarck 1811 volute | |
"Purpura tetragona" = Spinucella tetragona, Trophon alveolatum, "Trophon scalariforme" = Boreotrophon clathratus, Murex torturosus
"Purpura tetragona" = Spinucella tetragona Sowerby 1825 murex snail
Trophon alveolatum Sowerby 1826 murex snail
"Trophon scalariforme" = Boreotrophon clathratus Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
Murex torturosus Sowerby 1823 murex snail | |
"Trophon costiferum" = Buccinofusus costiferum
"Trophon costiferum" = Buccinofusus costiferum Wood 1848 snail | |
Fusus intortus, Fusus porrectus, "Nassa conglobata" = Demoulia conglobata3, "Nassa consociata" = Nassarius (Tritonella) consociatus, "Nassa propinqua" = Nassarius (Hinia) propinquus, "Nassa prismatica" = Nassarius prysmaticus, "Nassa incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus, "Nassa labiosa" = Amyclina labiosa
"Nassa consociata" = Nassarius (Tritonella) consociatus Wood 1848 snail
"Nassa propinqua" = Nassarius (Hinia) propinquus Sowerby 1824 snail
"Nassa prismatica" = Nassarius prysmaticus Brocchi 1814 snail
"Nassa incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus Müller 1773 snail
"Nassa labiosa" = Amyclina labiosa Sowerby 1824 snail | |
Columbella sulcata Sowerby 1823 snail | |
"Trophon (Sipho) islandicus" = Colus islandicus3, Nassa monensis, Buccinum undatum, "Buccinum dalei" = Liomesus dalei
Nassa monensis Forbes 1842 true whelk
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
"Buccinum dalei" = Liomesus dalei Sowerby 1825 true whelk | |
Cancellaria subangulosa Wood 1842 snail
Cancellaria costellifera Sowerby 1818 snail | |
"Cassidaria bicarinata" = Galeodea bicatenata
"Cassidaria bicarinata" = Galeodea bicatenata Sowerby 1815 snail | |
"Cypraea angliae" = Niveria angliae, "Cypraea avellana" = Niveria avellana, "Cypraea retusa" = Trivia retusa, Erato britannica1, "Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae
"Cypraea angliae" = Niveria angliae Wood 1848 snail
"Cypraea avellana" = Niveria avellana Sowerby 1823 snail
"Cypraea retusa" = Trivia retusa Sowerby 1823 snail
"Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae Gray 1832 snail | |
Rostellaria plurimacosta Wood 1848 true conch | |
"Aporrhais pespelicani" = Aporrhais pespelecani
"Aporrhais pespelicani" = Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
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"Scalaria groenlandica" = Epitonium greenlandicum, "Scalaria trevelyana" = Epitonium trevelyana
"Scalaria groenlandica" = Epitonium greenlandicum Perry 1811 wentletrap
"Scalaria trevelyana" = Epitonium trevelyana Johnston 1841 wentletrap | |
"Cerithium tricinctum" = Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus
"Cerithium tricinctum" = Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus Brocchi 1814 horn snail | |
Turritella communis Risso 1826 turret shell
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell | |
"Chemnitzia internodula" = Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium) internodula
"Chemnitzia internodula" = Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium) internodula Wood 1848 snail | |
Ringicula buccinea Sowerby 1823 snail
Ringicula ventricosa Sowerby 1823 snail |