EKfssjs7-Greensand: Aptian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Lamellirhynchia caseyi
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| originally entered as "Lamellirynchia caseyi" | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Holasteroida
- Holasteridae
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Holaster cantianus
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Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
- Cassidulidae
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cf. Catopygus columbarius
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| originally entered as "Catopygus cf. columbarius" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchonellidae
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Rhynchonella deluci
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| originally entered as "Rynchonella deluci" | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Acanthohoplitidae
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Hypacanthoplites anglicus
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Hypacanthoplites simmsi
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea quinquecostata
(Sowerby 1814)
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Thetironia minor
(Sowerby 1826)
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia mantelli
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 51.1° North, 1.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.8° North, 9.7° 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: | 121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Lower Greensand | Formation: | Folkestone |
| Local section: | Sandling Junction Sandpit | Local bed: | 7 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red or brown sandstone |
| 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: | 1815 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-06-09 07:09:18 | Last modified: | 2021-05-24 16:10:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-06-09 07:09:18 |
| 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] |