Bed 12, Folkestone, Kent: Cenomanian, United Kingdom
collected by Kennedy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Asteroidea indet.
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c category | ||||||
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Teleosta indet.
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f category | ||||||
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Pesudobilobites sp.
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Echinoidea
- Holasteroida
- Holasteridae
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Holaster subglobosus
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Holaster trecensis
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Holaster sp.
Agassiz 1836
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f category | ||||||
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Echinoidea
- Holectypoida
- Discoididae
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Discoidea cylindrica
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2 specimens | ||||||
| nomen vanum belonging to Discoides | |||||||
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Asteroidea
- Valvatida
- Goniasteridae
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Calliderma smithae
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Lamnidae indet.
Müller and Henle 1838
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula umbonata
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Pleurotomaria sp.
Defrance 1826
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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c category | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten beaveri
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula inflata
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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11 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | |||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchonellidae
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Grasirhynchia martini
(Mantell 1822)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Zeilleriidae
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Zeilleriidae informal indet. A
Allan 1940
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Zeilleriidae informal indet. B
Allan 1940
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Kingenidae
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Kingena arenosa
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Kingena sp.
Davidson 1852
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Terebratula sp.
Müller 1776
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Gibbithyrididae
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Gibbithyris semiglobosa
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Concinnithyris albensis
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16 specimens | ||||||
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Concinnithyris sp.
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14 specimens | ||||||
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Concinnithyris subundata
(Sowerby 1813)
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Thecostraca
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Cirripedia indet.
Rafinesque 1816
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Guyniidae
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Onchotrochus serpentinus
Duncan 1870
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 51.1° North, 1.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.9° North, 2.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Lower Chalk, which overlies the Upper Gault. AGE: Middle-Upper Cenomanian. Justified on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From Band 12, 12 m thick, which lies in the upper part of the section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | burrows,concretionary,gray,blue poorly lithified lime mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Massive, smooth, blue-grey chalk, intensely burrowed throughout, with distinct but prominent rhythms. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of facies description. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collectors: | Kennedy |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: W. Kennedy. REPOSITORY: Unknown. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Includes bivalvia, gastropoda, cephalopoda, brachiopoda, and cephalopoda. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 81061 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-06-01 19:47:19 | Last modified: | 2017-08-04 14:28:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-06-01 19:47:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27249. | W. J. Kennedy. 1969. The correlation of the lower chalk of south-east England. Proceedings of the Geologists Association 80(4):459-560 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |