crac-greensand: Aptian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca
- Scalpellomorpha
- Scalpellidae
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Virgiscalpellum wrighti
Withers 1946
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Thecostraca
- Calanticomorpha
- Cretiscalpellidae
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Cretiscalpellum sp.
Withers 1922
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Glaessneropsidae
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Vectis wrighti
Withers 1946
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachidontes vectiensis
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Gervillella sublanceolata
(d'Orbigny 1850)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Aptolinter aptiensis
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea fittoni
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Mediraon sulcatum n. sp.
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"sulcatum sp.nov." - originally entered as "Mediraon sulcatum sp.nov." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Senis wharburtoni
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya martini
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Pholadomya gigantea
(Sowerby 1836)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia anglica
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Nemocardium ibbetsoni
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Icanotiidae
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Scittila nasuta
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Venilicardia saussuri
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Venilicardia anglica
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Vectianella vectiana
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Resatrix parva
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Resatrix vectensis
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Mactromya vectensis
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Thetironia minor
(Sowerby 1826)
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Steinmanellidae
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Yaadia nodosa
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Bullinidae
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Sulcoactaeon marginata
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Tornatellaea aptiensis
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Globularia cornueliana
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Gastropoda
- Cassiopidae
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Cassiope pizuetana
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very rare | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Procerithiidae
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Uchauxia forbesiana
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synonym of Procerithium | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Acteoninidae
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Ovactaeonina forbesiana
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spelled with current rank as Colostracon (Ovactaeonina) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Tessarolax moreausianum
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Tessarolax fittoni
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Dimorphosoma ancylochia
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Dimorphosoma kinklispira
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Anchura glabra
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Anchura robinaldina
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Mesalia neocomiensis
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Turritella dupiniana
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Deshayesitidae
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Deshayesites forbesi
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Deshayesites forbesi n. sp.
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"forbesi sp. nov." - originally entered as "Deshayesites forbesi sp. nov." | ||||||||||
Deshayesites callidiscus n. sp.
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"callidiscus sp. nov." - originally entered as "Deshayesites callidiscus sp. nov." | ||||||||||
Deshayesites topleyi
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Ancyloceratidae
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Ancyloceras mantelli
Casey 1960
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very rare | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Douvilleiceratidae
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Roloboceras perli
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Roloboceras hambrovi
(Forbes 1845)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Oppeliidae
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cf. Aconeceras haugi
(Sarasin 1893)
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very rare - originally entered as "Aconeceras cf. haugi" | ||||||||||
Aconeceras nisoides
(Sarasin 1893)
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very rare | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Diplobelida
- Diplobelidae
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Conoteuthis vectensis
Spath 1939
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recombined as Vectibelus vectensis | ||||||||||
Conoteuthis sp.
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Conoteuthis dupiniana
d'Orbigny 1842
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corrected as Conoteuthis dupinianus | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
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Trochotiara fittoni
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Asteroidea
- Paxillosida
- Astropectinidae
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Lophidiaster sp.
Spencer 1913
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 1.3° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.3° North, 9.5° East | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 | *Epoch: | Gallic |
Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
Age range of interval: | 125.00000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Lower Greensand | Formation: | Atherfield Clay | Member: | Crackers |
Local section: | Atherfield Point | Local bed: | x | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: part of author's Atherfield Clay Series |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray "shale" |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 1747 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-06-07 12:08:26 | Last modified: | 2021-05-24 16:02:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-06-07 12:08:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
47. | R. Casey. 1961. The stratigraphical palaeontology of the Lower Greensand. Palaeontology 3(4):487-621 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Carrano] |