Locality 10, West Keal, Lincolnshire: Early/Lower Berriasian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Musculus (Musculus) fischerianus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| '8 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 5 listed specimens, two belong to this locality | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Falcimytilus suprajurensis
(Cox 1925)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Modiolus (Modiolus) sibiricus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Anopaea sphenoidea
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Oxytomidae
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Arctotis intermedia
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Entolium (Entolium) orbiculare
(Sowerby 1817)
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36 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Syncyclonema nilsoni | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna (Pinna) subcuneata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Pinna (Pinna) suprajurensis
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Nanogyra nana
(Sowerby 1822)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana | ||||||||||
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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, 3 belong to this locality | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Codakia crassa
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Kelly 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| '14 specimens' from probably four localities; of the 9 listed specimens, one belongs to this locality | ||||||||||
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Discoloripes fischerianus
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Kelly 1992 | 16 specimens | ||||||||
| '50 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 20 listed specimens, 16 belong to this locality | ||||||||||
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Mesomiltha biscathorpensis
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Kelly 1992 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Pressastarte (Pinguiastarte) pressula
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Kelly 1992 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Nicaniella (Trautscholdia) claxbiensis
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Kelly 1992 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Lyapinella asiatica
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Kelly 1992 | abundant category | ||||||||
| 'c. 300 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 10 listed specimens, 6 belong to this locality | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Myophorellidae
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Myophorella (Pseudomyophorella) tealbyensis
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Myophorella (Myophorella) intermedia
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.1° North, 0.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.0° North, 9.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | 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: | 2017-08-04 14:03:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-02-20 05:02:10 |
| 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] |