Locality 2, Nettleton, Claxby Ironstone Formation, Lincolnshire: Early/Lower Valanginian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Myophorellidae
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Myophorella (? Pseudomyophorella) rawsoni
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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: | 44.3° North, 9.3° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Valanginian | ||
Age range of interval: | 139.80000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Claxby Ironstone | ||||
Local section: | Nettleton Loc. 2 | Local bed: | 8 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: c. 1 m above base of Claxby Ironstone Formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | brown lithified ironstone |
Lithology description: massive limonite oolite, dark brown | |
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 |
Collection method comments: collection of C. L. Forbes, Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge (SMC) | |
Taxonomic list comments:Focus on bivalves. |
Metadata
Database number: | 69246 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-02-21 23:05:25 | Last modified: | 2007-04-12 03:42:50 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-02-21 23:05:25 |
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] |