Crag Farm: Zanclean, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Aequipecten opercularis | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Suffolk |
Coordinates: | 52.1° North, 1.5° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 52.2° North, 1.1° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Coralline Crag | Member: | Ramsholt | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: late early Pliocene (Brunssumian) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | phosphatic conglomeratic sandstone |
Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 55828 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-11-06 11:25:52 | Last modified: | 2008-01-29 09:03:33 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-06 11:25:52 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
15082. | P. S. Balson. 1990. The Neogene of East Anglia - a field excursion report. Tertiary Research 11(2-4):179-189 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
26340 | P. L. Gibbard, J. A. Zalasiewcz, and S. J. Mathers. 1998. Stratigraphy of the marine Plio-Pleistocene crag deposits of East Anglia. Mededelingen Neerlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO 60:239-262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |