Where: England, United Kingdom (52.6° N, 1.3° 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 84834: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.11.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Cerithium tricinctum" = Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus
"Cerithium tricinctum" = Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus Brocchi 1814 horn snail | |
"Purpura lapillus" = Nucella lapillus
"Purpura lapillus" = Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula cobboldiae" = Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae
"Nucula cobboldiae" = Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae Linnaeus 1767 divaricate nutclam | |
Astarte compressa Montague 1808 clam | |
"Lucina borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucina borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Cardium parkinsoni" = Laevicardium (Dinocardium) parkinsoni, "Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule
"Cardium parkinsoni" = Laevicardium (Dinocardium) parkinsoni Sowerby 1814 cockle
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
"Pectunculus glycymeris" = Glycymeris glycymeris
"Pectunculus glycymeris" = Glycymeris glycymeris Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Pecten opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis
"Pecten opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop |