Where: England, United Kingdom (54.1° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 54.1° N, 0.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bridlington Member (Holderness Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Mammal. Crag, now referred to as the Bridlington Mbr of the Holderness Fm, which locally overlies basement till and is overlain by the Fenland Formation (Geol. Soc., London, 1999). AGE: Late Pleistocene, oxygen isotope stage 2 according to Geol. Soc., London (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within member.
• 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 84832: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.11.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Leda caudata, "Leda pernula" = Nuculana pernula
Leda caudata Donovan 1802 pointed nut clam
"Leda pernula" = Nuculana pernula Müller 1779 pointed nut clam | |
"Nucula tenuis" = Ennucula tenuis, "Nucula cobboldiae" = Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae
"Nucula tenuis" = Ennucula tenuis Montagu 1808 nut clam
"Nucula cobboldiae" = Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae Linnaeus 1767 divaricate nutclam | |
Astarte borealis Chemnitz 1784 clam
Astarte elliptica Brown 1827 clam
Astarte compressa Montague 1808 clam
Astarte mutabilis Wood 1840 clam
Astarte sulcata Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Cardita analis Philippi 1836 clam | |
"Cyprina islandica" = Arctica islandica
"Cyprina islandica" = Arctica islandica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata, "Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
"Pholas crispata" = Zirfaea crispata
"Pholas crispata" = Zirfaea crispata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Saxicava rugosa" = Hiatella, Panopea norvegica
"Saxicava rugosa" = Hiatella clam
Panopea norvegica clam | |
"Modiola modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus, Mytilus edulis
"Modiola modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
"Scalaria groenlandica" = Epitonium greenlandicum
"Scalaria groenlandica" = Epitonium greenlandicum Perry 1811 wentletrap | |
Turritella clathratula Wood 1847 turret shell
Turritella communis Risso 1826 turret shell | |
Cancellaria costellifera Sowerby 1818 snail | |
"Trophon antiquum" = Fusus antiquus
"Trophon antiquum" = Fusus antiquus Müller 1774 snail | |
Buccinum undatum, "Trophon gracile" = Colus gracilis
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
"Trophon gracile" = Colus gracilis da Costa 1778 true whelk | |
"Trophon scalariforme" = Boreotrophon clathratus
"Trophon scalariforme" = Boreotrophon clathratus Linnaeus 1767 murex snail | |
"Clavatula turricula" = Propebela turricula
"Clavatula turricula" = Propebela turricula Montagu 1803 cone shell | |
Trichotropis borealis Broderip and Sowerby 1829 snail |