Locality 10, West Keal, Lincolnshire: Early Berriasian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
10 specimens
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Kelly 1992 16 specimens
'50 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 20 listed specimens, 16 belong to this locality
Kelly 1992 1 specimen
'14 specimens' from probably four localities; of the 9 listed specimens, one belongs to this locality
Kelly 1992 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Kelly 1992 abundant category
'c. 300 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 10 listed specimens, 6 belong to this locality
Kelly 1992 5 specimens
Kelly 1992 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
2 specimens
'8 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 5 listed specimens, two belong to this locality
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
1 specimen
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
abundant category
'c. 200 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 11 listed specimens, 3 belong to this locality
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
3 specimens
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
36 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 53.1° North, 0.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.6° North, 17.5° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Berriasian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 1
Key time interval: Early Berriasian
Age range of interval: 143.1 - 141 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Spilsby Sandstone Member:Lower Spilsby
Local section:West Keal Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Spilsby Member, preplicomphalus Biozone, Upper Volgian (according to Sey and Kalacheva 1999 = Lower Berriasian)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic poorly lithified sandstone
Lithology description: pale, medium to coarse grained glauconitic sands with 0.5m thick tough calcite cemented concretions at top
Environment:shoreface
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BGS
Taxonomic list comments:Focus on bivalves.
Metadata
Database number:69135
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-02-20 05:02:10 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-02-20 05:02:10
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]