Margett's Pit, Burham [Chalk Marl] (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 2.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chalk Marl Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Chalk Marl, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified chalk

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but presumably shallow marine carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Chalk. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: British Museum (Natural History).

Primary reference: H. L. Abbass. 1962. The english Cretaceous Turritellide and Mathildidae (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 7(6):175-196 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86965: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.02.2009, edited by Marko Manojlovic

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Turritellidae and Mathididae described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Orbirhynchia mantelliana
Orbirhynchia mantelliana d'Sowerby 1826
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Turritella) dibleyi n. sp.
Turritella (Turritella) dibleyi n. sp. Newton 1918 turret shell