W and WSW of Abbey Station, West Dereham, Norfolk: Early/Lower Berriasian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nuculoma nuxavellana
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Lyapinella rawsoni
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Kelly 1992 | abundant category | ||||||||
| 'abundant'; of the 16 listed specimens, 6 belong to this locality | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Myophorellidae
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Myophorella (? Pseudomyophorella) rawsoni
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Turbitrigonia boudiccae
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Anopaea brachowi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Mclearnia) cinctus
(Sowerby 1822)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Pseudolimea multicostata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Dicranodonta vagans
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abundant category | |||||||||
| 'c. 200 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 11 listed specimens, 2 belong to this locality | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.6° North, 0.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.5° North, 9.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Berriasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Berriasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 142.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sandringham Sandstone | Member: | Mintlyn | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Mintlyn Member, kochi Biozone, Lower Ryazanian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Lithology description: "The bulk of the bivalve fauna of the Splisby Sandstone and Sandringham Sands formations is preserved as moulds. The lithologies in which these occur are principally calcareous concretions in glauconitic sandstones, sideritc mudstone concretions and phosphatized nodule beds." | |
| Environment: | shoreface |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BGS |
| Taxonomic list comments:Focus on bivalves. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 69128 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-02-20 03:33:23 | Last modified: | 2007-04-12 03:02:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-02-20 03:33:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19932. | S. R. A. Kelly. 1984. Bivalvia of the Spilsby Sandstone and Sandringham Sands (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous) of eastern England; Part I. The Palaeontographical Society, London 1-94 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg] |
Secondary references:
| 19966 | S. R. A. Kelly. 1992. Bivalvia of the Spilsby Sandstone and Sandringham Sands (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous) of Eastern England; Part 2. The Palaeontographical Society, London 95-123 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg] |