Ramsholt, Suffolk [Coralline Crag] (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.0° N, 1.4° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Coralline Crag Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Coralline Crag, which is regionally overlain by the Red Crag. AGE: It has been correlated with, but probably predates at 4.4 to 3.8 Ma, the Luchtbal Sand Member of the Lillo Formation in the Antwerp area on the basis of molluscs (Cambridge, 1977), foraminifera (Jenkins and Houghton, 1987) and dinoflagellate cysts (Louwye et al., 2004; De Schepper et al., 2009), placing it in the latter part of the early Pliocene (Zanclean 2) of the southern North Sea. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but siliciclastic based on observation of specimens. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation and figured specimens.

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 84795: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.11.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. Other volumes when entered will include bryozoa, brachiopoda, and anthozoa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature, which is revised where possible through more recent sources.
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Scalaria fimbriosa" = Cirsotrema fimbriosa
"Scalaria fimbriosa" = Cirsotrema fimbriosa Wood 1842 wentletrap
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Eulima subulata Montagu 1808 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella incrassata" = Turritella (Haustator) incrassata
"Turritella incrassata" = Turritella (Haustator) incrassata Sowerby 1814 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Aporrhais pespelicani" = Aporrhais pespelecani
"Aporrhais pespelicani" = Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum undatum, "Buccinum dalei" = Liomesus dalei
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
"Buccinum dalei" = Liomesus dalei Sowerby 1825 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Voluta lamberti" = Scaphella (Scaphella) lamberti
"Voluta lamberti" = Scaphella (Scaphella) lamberti Sowerby 1823 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Pyrula reticulata Lamarck 1822 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Cassidaria bicarinata" = Galeodea bicatenata
"Cassidaria bicarinata" = Galeodea bicatenata Sowerby 1815 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia plicata Montagu 1803 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona1
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona1 Poli 1795 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Pectunculus pilosus" = Glycymeris pilosa2
"Pectunculus pilosus" = Glycymeris pilosa2 Linnaeus 1767 clam
SUBSPECIES: Pectunculus pilosus insubricus
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia aculeata1 Müller 1776 jingle
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima loscombii" = Limaria (Limatulella) loscombii1 Sowerby 1824 file clam
"Lima hians" = Limaria (Limaria) hians1 Gmelin 1792 file clam
Lima exilis1 Wood 1839 file clam
Lima subauriculata1 Montagu 1808 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten princeps" = Pseudamussium princeps1, "Pecten gerardii" = Palliolum gerardi1, "Pecten tigrinus" = Palliolum tigrinum1, Hinnites cortesyi1, "Pecten pusio" = Talochlamys pusio1, "Pecten maximus" = Pecten maxima1, "Pecten dubius" = Aequipecten opercularis1
"Pecten princeps" = Pseudamussium princeps1 Sowerby 1826 scallop
"Pecten gerardii" = Palliolum gerardi1 Nyst 1835 scallop
"Pecten tigrinus" = Palliolum tigrinum1 Müller 1776 scallop
Hinnites cortesyi1 Defrance 1821 scallop
"Pecten pusio" = Talochlamys pusio1 Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Pecten maximus" = Pecten maxima1 Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Pecten dubius" = Aequipecten opercularis1 Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea princeps1 Wood 1850 oyster
Ostrea ungulata2 Nyst 1843 oyster
Ostrea edulis1 Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola phaseolina" = Modiolula phaseolina1, "Modiola sericea" = Arcoperna serica1
"Modiola phaseolina" = Modiolula phaseolina1 Philippi 1844 mussel
"Modiola sericea" = Arcoperna serica1 Bronn 1831 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis1
"Lucina borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis1 Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia ventricosa2 Philippi 1843 clam
Thracia ventricosa1 Philippi 1843 clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata1
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata1 Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula striata" = Caryocorbula striata1
"Corbula striata" = Caryocorbula striata1 Lamarck 1801 clam
 Cardiida - Kelliidae
"Lepton deltoideum" = Bornia (Bornia) deltoidea1
"Lepton deltoideum" = Bornia (Bornia) deltoidea1 Wood 1840 clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Isocardia cor1 Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina rustica" = Pygocardia rustica1, "Cyprina islandica" = Arctica islandica1
"Cyprina rustica" = Pygocardia rustica1 Sowerby 1818 clam
"Cyprina islandica" = Arctica islandica1 Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Cytherea chione" = Callista (Callista) chione1, "Cytherea rudis" = Pitar (Pitar) rudis1, Lucinopsis lajonkairii2, "Venus imbricata" = Timoclea imbricata1, Tapes perovalis1, "Venus casina" = Dosina cassina1, Artemis lincta1
"Cytherea chione" = Callista (Callista) chione1 Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Cytherea rudis" = Pitar (Pitar) rudis1 Poli 1795 venus clam
Lucinopsis lajonkairii2 Payraudeau 1826 venus clam
"Venus imbricata" = Timoclea imbricata1 Sowerby 1826 venus clam
Tapes perovalis1 Wood 1840 venus clam
"Venus casina" = Dosina cassina1 Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Artemis lincta1 Pulteney 1799 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata1
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata1 Montagu 1803 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria lutraria1 Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule1, "Cardium decorticatum" = Laevicardium (Laevicardium) decorticatum1
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule1 Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium decorticatum" = Laevicardium (Laevicardium) decorticatum1 Wood 1840 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Gastrana laminosa1 Sowerby 1827 tellin clam
"Tellina obliqua" = Macoma (Macoma) obliqua1 Sowerby 1817 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Psammobia ferroensis1 Chemnitz 1782 clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen ensis1 Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea faujasii1, "Glycimeris angusta" = Glycymeris1
"Glycimeris angusta" = Glycymeris1 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
"Astarte basterotii" = Isocrassina basteroti1, "Astarte omalii" = Isocrassina omalii1, "Astarte burtinii" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata burtinea1, Astarte mutabilis1, Astarte gracilis1
"Astarte basterotii" = Isocrassina basteroti1 De la Jonkaire 1823 clam
"Astarte omalii" = Isocrassina omalii1 De la Jonkaire 1823 clam
"Astarte burtinii" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata burtinea1 De la Jonkaire 1823 clam
Astarte mutabilis1 Wood 1840 clam
Astarte gracilis1 Golfuss 1837 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita senilis1 Lamarck 1805 clam
 Solemyida - Nucinellidae
Nucinella miliaris1 Deshayes 1829 Nut Clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus1
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus1 Linnaeus 1758 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda semistriata1 Wood 1840 pointed nut clam
Leda pygmaea1 Münster 1835 pointed nut clam