SHfs-Greensand: Aptian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Tetragramma rotulare
Echinoidea
Trochotiara fittoni
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae
Hyposalenia wrighti
Hyposalenia stellulata
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster fittoni
Toxaster renevieri
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Holaster wrighti
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Catopygus vectensis
Echinoidea - Nucleolitidae
Phyllobrissus fittoni
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula truncata Sowerby 1836
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Sulcirhynchia hythensis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella parvirostris
originally entered as "Rynchonella parvirostris"
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Capillithyrididae
Platythyris comptonensis Middlemiss 1959
recombined as Aniabrochus comptonensis
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Sellithyris sella (Sowerby 1823)
"sella shanklinensis" - originally entered as "Sellithyris sella shanklinensis"
Rhombothyris extensa (Meyer 1864)
Cyrtothyris uniplicata (Walker 1870)
Praelongithyris praelongiforma Middlemiss 1959
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Oblongarcula oblonga (Sowerby 1826)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Ornithella morrisi
Ornithella celtica
Ornithella tamarindus
Ornithella wanklyni
Ornithella ? juddi
originally entered as "Ornithella juddi ?"
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Eleidae
Chisma furcillata
synonym of Meliceritites
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Petaloporidae
Choristopetalum impar
originally entered as "Choristopetallum impar"
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Horneridae
Siphodictyum gracile Lonsdale 1849
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Cheloniceras cornuelianum (d'Orbigny 1840)
Epicheloniceras sp. (Casey 1954)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Tropaeum sp. Sowerby 1837
Tropaeum subarcticum
Tropaeum bowerbanki Sowerby 1837
recombined as Tropaeum (Tropaeum) bowerbanki
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Parahoplitidae
cf. Parahoplites maximus
originally entered as "Parahoplites cf. maximus"
Parahoplites sp. n. sp. Anthula 1899
originally entered as "Parahoplites sp. nov."
cf. Parahoplites nutfieldensis (Sowerby 1815)
recombined as Parahoplites nutfieldiensis
originally entered as "Parahoplites cf. nutfieldensis"
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Dufrenoya furcata
spelled with current rank as Dufrenoyia
originally entered as "Dufrenoyia furcata"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
Exogyra latissima
Exogyra tuberculifera Koch and Dunker 1837
recombined as Ceratostreon tuberculiferum
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha diluviana (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Rastellum diluvianum
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Thetironia minor (Sowerby 1826)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia mantelli
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Claviscala ricordeana
Confusiscala ischyra
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Dimorphosoma vectianum
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringinella albensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 50.6° North, 1.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.3° North, 9.7° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Lower Greensand Formation:Ferruginous Sands
Local section:Shanklin Local bed:x
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: includes beds correlative with Upper Crioceras Beds of Atherfield through Ferruginous Bands of Blackgang Chine
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,green argillaceous sandstone
Secondary lithology: "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:1769
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-06-08 07:06:06 Last modified:2021-05-24 16:03:00
Access level:the public Released:1999-06-08 07:06:06
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]