Bridlington [Bridlington Mbr, Holderness Fm]: Late/Upper Pleistocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Scalaria groenlandica (Perry 1811)
recombined as Epitonium greenlandicum
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Trichotropis borealis Broderip and Sowerby 1829
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria costellifera (Sowerby 1818)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Clavatula turricula (Montagu 1803)
recombined as Propebela turricula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Trophon antiquum (Müller 1774)
recombined as Fusus antiquus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758
Trophon gracile (da Costa 1778)
recombined as Colus gracilis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Trophon scalariforme (Gould 1841)
synonym of Boreotrophon clathratus
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella communis Risso 1826
Turritella clathratula Wood 1847
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula tenuis (Montagu 1808)
Wood 1850
recombined as Ennucula tenuis
Nucula cobboldiae (Linnaeus 1767)
Wood 1850
recombined as Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda caudata (Donovan 1802)
Wood 1850
Leda pernula (Müller 1779)
Wood 1850
recombined as Nuculana pernula
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiola modiolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1850
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1850
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholas crispata (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1850
recombined as Zirfaea crispata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya arenaria Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1850
recombined as Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
Mya truncata Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1850
recombined as Mya (Mya) truncata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus 1767)
Wood 1850
recombined as Arctica islandica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma balthica (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1850
recombined as Macoma (Macoma) balthica
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea norvegica
Wood 1850
Saxicava rugosa
Wood 1850
synonym of Hiatella
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita analis Philippi 1836
Wood 1850
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte elliptica (Brown 1827)
Wood 1850
Astarte compressa (Montague 1808)
Wood 1850
Astarte borealis (Chemnitz 1784)
Wood 1850
Astarte sulcata (Da Costa 1778)
Wood 1850
Astarte mutabilis Wood 1840
Wood 1850
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 54.1° North, 0.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.1° North, 0.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Holderness Member:Bridlington
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Mammal. Crag, now referred to as the Bridlington Mbr of the Holderness Fm, which locally overlies basement till and is overlain by the Fenland Formation (Geol. Soc., London, 1999). AGE: Late Pleistocene, oxygen isotope stage 2 according to Geol. Soc., London (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within member.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but siliciclastic based on observation of specimens. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation and figured specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated, but probably Stearns Wood, c. 1840's-1870's. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. Other volumes when entered will include bryozoa, brachiopoda, and anthozoa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature, which is revised where possible through more recent sources.
Metadata
Database number:84832
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-11-14 07:07:41 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-11-14 07:07:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
28450. S. V. Wood. 1848. A monograph of the Crag Mollusca or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper Tertiaries of the East of England. Part 1. Univalves 1-208 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

29100 S. V. Wood. 1850. A monograph of the Crag Mollusca, or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper tertiaries of the East of England. Part II. Bivalves 1-302 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]