Bramerton Borehole (860 ft), Bramerton [Norwich Crag] (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.6° N, 1.4° E: paleocoordinates 52.6° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Norwich Crag Formation (Crag Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Norwich Crag of the Crag Series, which locally unconformably overlies chalk (Cretaceous or Paleogene?). AGE: Early Pleistocene, Icenian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From zone BM1, 860 ft below surface

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sands with occasional clay streaks and a few shell fragments throughout. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of facies description of sample preparation.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Funnell in 1958

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTOR: Funnell, 1958. 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 98037: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated nomenclature but with species resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa sp. Brown 1827 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia ulvae Pennat 1777 snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculanidae indet. Adams and Adams 1858 pointed nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
"Anomia squamula" = Heteranomia squamula
"Anomia squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Kellia pumila Wood 1840 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule, Cardium sp.
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra alba Wood 1802 abra
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
Macoma cf. obliqua Sowerby 1817 tellin clam
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam