Where: England, United Kingdom (52.6° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 52.6° N, 1.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mammaliferous Crag Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Mammaliferous Crag, for which modern lithostratigraphic correlation and stratigraphic relations are not reported. AGE: Pleistocene, on the basis of biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the unit.
• 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 84833: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.11.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella communis Risso 1826 turret shell | |
"Cerithium tricinctum" = Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus
"Cerithium tricinctum" = Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus Brocchi 1814 horn snail | |
"Scalaria groenlandica" = Epitonium greenlandicum
"Scalaria groenlandica" = Epitonium greenlandicum Perry 1811 wentletrap | |
"Trophon antiquum" = Fusus antiquus
"Trophon antiquum" = Fusus antiquus Müller 1774 snail | |
"Clavatula turricula" = Propebela turricula, "Clavatula trevelliana" = Curtitoma reticulata
"Clavatula turricula" = Propebela turricula Montagu 1803 cone shell
"Clavatula trevelliana" = Curtitoma reticulata Brown 1827 cone shell | |
"Murex erinaceus" = Ocenebra erinaceus, "Purpura lapillus" = Nucella lapillus
"Murex erinaceus" = Ocenebra erinaceus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
"Purpura lapillus" = Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Leda myalis" = Yoldia (Yoldia) myalis
"Leda myalis" = Yoldia (Yoldia) myalis Couthouy 1838 clam | |
"Nucula cobboldiae" = Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae
"Nucula cobboldiae" = Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae Linnaeus 1767 divaricate nutclam | |
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Pecten opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis
"Pecten opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Pectunculus glycymeris" = Glycymeris glycymeris
"Pectunculus glycymeris" = Glycymeris glycymeris Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Donax vittatus da Costa 1778 clam | |
Tellina lata, "Tellina balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica, "Tellina praetenuis" = Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis
Tellina lata Gmelin 1788 tellin clam
"Tellina balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Tellina praetenuis" = Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis Leathes in Woodward 1830 tellin clam | |
Tapes virginea Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Tapes aurea Gmelin 1788 venus clam
"Venus fasciata" = Clausinella fasciata da Costa 1778 venus clam | |
"Mactra subtruncata" = Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam
Mactra stultorum Linnaeus 1758 clam
Trigonella plana da Costa 1778 clam
Mactra ovalis Sowerby 1817 clam | |
Cyrena consobrina Cailland 1823 clam | |
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
"Loripes divaricata" = Lucinella divaricata
"Loripes divaricata" = Lucinella divaricata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Astarte sulcata Da Costa 1778 clam
Astarte borealis Chemnitz 1784 clam
Astarte elliptica Brown 1827 clam
Astarte crebricostata Forbes 1847 clam |