Aldeby, Suffolk [Chillesford Clay] (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.5° N, 1.6° E: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 1.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chillesford Clay Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Chillesford Clay or Chillesford ClaySand. AGE: Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene, according to Rayner, 1981, on the basis of foraminiferal and palynological biostratigraphy; Pleistocene according to Norton (1967). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within series.

• 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: P. E. Norton. 1967. Marine Molluscan Assemblages in the Early Pleistocene of Sidestrand, Bramerton and the Royal Society Borehole at Ludham, Norfolk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 253(784):161-200 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84854: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.11.2008, edited by Mark Uhen

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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.
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Uria aalge1 Pontoppidan 1763 Common murre
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Semelidae
"Abra prismatica" = Abra (Abra) prismatica2
"Abra prismatica" = Abra (Abra) prismatica2 Montagu 1808 abra
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita corbis2 Philippi 1836 clam