Royal Society Borehole (61-63 ft), Ludham (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.7° N, 1.5° E: paleocoordinates 52.8° N, 1.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Crag Series, which locally unconformably overlies the London Clay (Eocene). AGE: Early Pleistocene, Icenian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From zone LM5, 61-63 ft below surface

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shelly sands, varying amounts of clay. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of facies description of sample preparation.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1959

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTOR: Unknown, 1959. 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: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97967: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.09.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated nomenclature but with species resolution identifications.
Polyplacophora
 Chitonida - Chitonidae
Chiton sp. Linnaeus 1758 chiton
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis, Chlamys tigerinus
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
"Anomia squamula" = Heteranomia squamula
"Anomia squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Mya sp., "Mya cf. arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
"Mya cf. arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium scrabrum, Cardium sp., "Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus, "Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus Mohr 1786 cockle
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra alba Wood 1802 abra
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax vittatus da Costa 1778 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
Macoma obliqua Sowerby 1817 tellin clam
"Tellina praetenuis" = Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis Leathes in Woodward 1830 tellin clam
Tellina fabia tellin clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta astartea Nyst 1835 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina islandica" = Arctica islandica
"Cyprina islandica" = Arctica islandica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata, Venerupis sp.
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Venerupis sp. Lamarck 1818 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam
 Cardiida - Erycinidae
"Lepton nitidum" = Hemilepton nitidum
"Lepton nitidum" = Hemilepton nitidum Turton 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Montacutidae
"Montacuta ferruginosa" = Tellimya ferruginosa
"Montacuta ferruginosa" = Tellimya ferruginosa Montague 1808 clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis sp. Schumacher 1817 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula cobboldiae" = Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae
"Nucula cobboldiae" = Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae Linnaeus 1767 divaricate nutclam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis leucostoma Millet 1813 snail
 Patellida - Lottiidae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Clathurella sp. Carpenter 1857 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell