Walton-on-the-Naze: Piacenzian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia sp.
Wood 1844
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Neptunea contraria
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Hinia reticosa
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spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Hinia) | |||||||
Hinia granulata
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spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Hinia) | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris glycymeris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys opercularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Aequipecten opercularis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Pholas cylindrica
Sowerby 1818
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recombined as Barnea (Barnea) cylindrica | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula ovalis
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Spisula arcuata
(Sowerby 1817)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Fibulariidae
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Echinocyamus pusillus
(Müller 1776)
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Ziphiidae indet.
Gray 1850
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Spencer 1966 | 1 specimen | |||||
unclassified
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Psilonichnus sp.
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Skolithos sp.
Haldemann 1840
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Suffolk |
Coordinates: | 51.9° North, 1.3° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 51.9° North, 1.0° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Red Crag | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Waltonian (Reuverian C) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | phosphatic conglomeratic sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
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: | 55829 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2005-11-06 11:28:05 | Last modified: | 2008-08-19 11:11:52 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-06 11:28:05 |
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] | |
24723 | H. E. P. Spencer. 1966. An Essex fossil ziphoid whale and its implication of geographical changes in geological times. The Essex Naturalist 31(5):348-353 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |