Bed 13, 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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Pesudobilobites jefferiesi
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Pesudobilobites sp.
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o category | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Corax falcatus
Agassiz 1843
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Squalicorax falcatus | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Holectypoida
- Discoididae
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Discoidea cylindrica
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen vanum belonging to Discoides | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Holasteroida
- Holasteridae
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Holaster trecensis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Holaster sp.
Agassiz 1836
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c category | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Pleurotomaria sp.
Defrance 1826
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus crispus
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| SUBSPECIES: Inoceramus crispus reachensis | ||||||||||
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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c category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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56 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Plagiostoma) sp.
(Sowerby 1814)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Plagiostoma | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula inflata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus striatus
Packard 1922
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| replaced by Spondylus subnodosus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea sp.
Drouet 1824
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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Austiniceras austeni
(Sharpe 1855)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Acanthoceratidae
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Eucalycoceras gothicum
(Kossmat 1895)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Acanthoceras sp.
Neumayr 1875
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Acanthoceras jukesbrownei
(Spath 1926)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Calycoceras sp.
Hyatt 1900
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpulidae indet.
Rafinesque 1835
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Thecostraca
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Cirripedia indet.
Rafinesque 1816
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
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 | Ammonoid zone: | Acanthoceras jukesbrownei |
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Beer Head Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| 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 13, 2.1 m thick, which lies near the top of the section. PJW: Now Beer Head Limestone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | burrows,yellow,blue poorly lithified lime mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Chalk, buff-yellow, intensely burrowed throughout, with prominent solution seams. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of facies description. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| 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: | 81062 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-06-01 19:50:55 | Last modified: | 2024-04-22 23:57:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-06-01 19:50:55 |
| 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] |