Warminster [Chalk Marl] (Cretaceous to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.2° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 0.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mantelliceras dixoni + Turrilites costatus ammonoid zone, Chalk Marl Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian to Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the upper Chalk Marl, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the upper part of the Chalk Marl within local section. PJW: Upper Chalk Marl spans Mantelliceras dixoni + Turrilites costatus zones.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but presumably shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. 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 86971: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.02.2009

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.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Torquesia) granulata Sowerby 1827 turret shell