Newbourn, Suffolk [Red Crag] (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.0° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 1.0° 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

• 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 84796: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.11.2008, edited by Mark Uhen

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.
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea princeps2 Wood 1850 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten dubius" = Aequipecten opercularis2
"Pecten dubius" = Aequipecten opercularis2 Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita senilis2 Lamarck 1805 clam
Cardita chamaeformis2 Sowerby 1825 clam
Cardita orbicularis2 Sowerby 1825 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Mactra glauca" = Mactra (Mactra) glauca2
"Mactra glauca" = Mactra (Mactra) glauca2 Born 1778 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina rustica" = Pygocardia rustica2
"Cyprina rustica" = Pygocardia rustica2 Sowerby 1818 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Aporrhais pespelicani" = Aporrhais pespelecani
"Aporrhais pespelicani" = Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassa labiosa" = Amyclina labiosa
"Nassa labiosa" = Amyclina labiosa Sowerby 1824 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arvernensis1 Croizet and Jobert 1828 bear