Locality 4, Benniworth Haven, Donington-on-Bain, Lincolnshire: Early/Lower Valanginian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Myophorellidae
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Myophorella (? Pseudomyophorella) rawsoni
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18 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.3° North, 0.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.1° North, 9.4° 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: | Benniworth Haven | Local bed: | 9 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower Claxby Ironstone Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified marl |
| Lithology description: red brown limonite oolite marl with calcareous concretions | |
| 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: | 69256 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-02-22 11:47:22 | Last modified: | 2007-04-12 03:47:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-02-22 11:47:22 |
| 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] |