Atherfield, Isle of Wright [Lower Greensand] (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Greensand Group, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

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

• 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 86974: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.02.2009, edited by Carrie Schweitzer and Matthew Clapham

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.
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Mithracitidae
Enodicarcinus atherfieldensis n. sp.3 Schweitzer and Feldmann 2011 crab
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda coxi n. sp. Abbass 1962 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Torquesia) tamra n. sp. Abbass 1962 turret shell
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
"Eucymatoceras plicatus" = Eucymatoceras plicatum2, "Nautilus radiatus" = Cymatoceras radiatum1
"Eucymatoceras plicatus" = Eucymatoceras plicatum2 Fitton 1835 nautiloid
"Nautilus radiatus" = Cymatoceras radiatum1 Sowerby 1822 nautiloid