Locality 3, Nettleton, primitivus Biozone, Lincolnshire: Early/Lower Berriasian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Discoloripes fischerianus
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Kelly 1992 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Myophorellidae
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Myophorella (Myophorella) intermedia
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| '50 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 20 listed specimens, 3 belong to this locality | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Plagiostoma planum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.5° North, 0.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.4° North, 9.1° 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: | Nettleton Loc. 3 | Local bed: | 4 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: primitivus Biozone, Upper Volgian (according to Sey and Kalacheva 1999 = Lower Berriasian) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ferruginous,glauconitic lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: ferruginous cemented medium to coarse grained glauconitic sandstone | |
| Environment: | shoreface |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BGS |
| Taxonomic list comments:Focus on bivalves. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 69147 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-02-20 07:12:46 | Last modified: | 2007-04-12 03:17:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-02-20 07:12:46 |
| 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] |