EKhya-Greensand: Aptian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Sphaera corrugata Sowerby 1822
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Resatrix hythensis
Pseudaphrodina ricordeana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Venilicardia inornata
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia mantelli
"mantelli anterior" - originally entered as "Pterotrigonia mantelli anterior"
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Steinmanellidae
Yaadia nodosa
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia carinata
Linotrigonia ornata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula placunea Lamarck 1819
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra latissima
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillaria alaeformis (Sowerby 1819)
Gervillella sublanceolata (d'Orbigny 1850)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
cf. Pinna gervaisei
originally entered as "Pinna cf. gervaisei"
Gastropoda - Carinariidae
Brunonia gigantea
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix neocomiensis
originally entered as "Hipponyx neocomiensis"
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Conotomaria gigantea
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eucymatoceras plicatum (Fitton 1835)
Cymatoceras radiatum (Sowerby 1822)
Cymatoceras pseudoelegans (d'Orbigny 1841)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Dufrenoya furcata
spelled with current rank as Dufrenoyia
originally entered as "Dufrenoyia furcata"
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Tropaeum hillsi (Sowerby 1836)
Tropaeum bowerbanki Sowerby 1837
recombined as Tropaeum (Tropaeum) bowerbanki
Australiceras gigas
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Cheloniceras crassum Spath 1930
Cheloniceras cornuelianum (d'Orbigny 1840)
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Neohibolites ewaldi
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Eleidae
Chisma furcillata
synonym of Meliceritites
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Heteroporidae
Reptomulticava fungiformis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Sulcirhynchia hythensis
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Sellithyris sella (Sowerby 1823)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Oblongarcula oblonga (Sowerby 1826)
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Holaster benstedi
Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Discoididae
Discoides decorata
originally entered as "Discoidea decorata"
Echinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Tetragramma malbosi
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 51.1° North, 1.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.8° North, 11.6° East
Geographic resolution:local area
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:Hythe
Local section:East Kent Local bed:x
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,green sandy "carbonate"
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
Taxonomic list comments:this is a general list for Hythe Beds of East Kent
Metadata
Database number:1775
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-06-08 11:04:28 Last modified:2021-05-24 16:17:37
Access level:the public Released:1999-06-08 11:04:28
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]