Folkestone, Gault (BMNH collection): Albian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Ichthyosauria indet.
(de Blainville 1835)
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Fischer et al. 2014 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
| NHMUK unnumbered (rostrum), NHMUK 39256 (atlas-axis), NHMUK 47274 (ilium), NHMUK 47275 (atlas-axis), NHMUK R2890 partim (2 quadrates), | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ophthalmosauridae
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Platypterygius sp.
von Huene 1922
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Fischer et al. 2014 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
| Precise locality information not given: NHMUK 47235 (jaw and 12 teeth), NHMUK 36318 (1 tooth), NHMUK 36384 (1 tooth), NHMUK 40095 (1 tooth), NHMUK 47271 (1 tooth), NHMUK R16 partim (1 tooth), NHMUK R2890 partim (1 tooth) | ||||||||||
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aff. Platypterygius sp.
von Huene 1922
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Fischer et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| NHMUK 36385 (mandible elements and phalanges) | ||||||||||
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Sisteronia seeleyi
Fischer et al. 2014
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Fischer et al. 2014 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| Precise locality not given further than Gault Formation; NHMUK R16 partim (7 teeth), NHMUK R17 partim (1 tooth), NHMUK R2890 partim (opisthotic); NHMUK 47232 partim (1 tooth) | ||||||||||
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Ophthalmosaurinae indet.
Baur 1887
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Fischer et al. 2014 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| NHMUK R16 partim (teeth), NHMUK R17 partim (teeth). | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Osmeroididae
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Osmeroides lewesiensis
(Mantell 1822)
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Forey 1973 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Torquesia) vibrayeana
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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Turritella (Torquesia) wagihi n. sp.
Abbass 1962
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Thecostraca
- Verrucomorpha
- Pycnolepadidae
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Pollicipes rigidus n. sp.
Sowerby 1836
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Jagt et al. 2007 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pycnolepas rigida | ||||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Scalpellomorpha
- Scalpellidae
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Scalpellum arcuatum
Darwin 1851
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Withers 1912 | |||||||||
| recombined as Arcuatoscalpellum arcuatum | ||||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Calanticomorpha
- Cretiscalpellidae
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Pollicipes unguis
Sowerby 1836
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Withers 1910 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cretiscalpellum unguis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Kent |
| Coordinates: | 51.1° North, 1.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 5.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gault | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gault, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified chalk |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Chalk. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but presumably shallow marine carbonate setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: British Museum (Natural History). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to Turritellidae and Mathididae described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 86975 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, V. Fischer, P. Mannion, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham, J. Tennant, V. Fischer |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-26 19:45:17 | Last modified: | 2020-07-19 15:36:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-26 19:45:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29264. | H. L. Abbass. 1962. The english Cretaceous Turritellide and Mathildidae (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 7(6):175-196 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 49911 | V. Fischer, N. Bardet, M. Guiomar and P. Godefroit. 2014. High diversity in Cretaceous ichthyosaurs from Europe prior to their extinction. PLoS ONE 9(1):e84709 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 49964 | P. L. Forey. 1973. A revision of the elopiform fishes, fossil and recent. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement 10:1-222 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 52290 | J. W. M. Jagt, T. D. Zonova, and E. A. Jagt-Yazykova. 2007. A review of the brachylepadomorph cirripede genus Pycnolepas, including the first record of an Early Cretaceous species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa (1545)33-47 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 73085 | T. H. Withers. 1910. The Cretaceous cirripede Pollicipes laevis J. de C. Sowerby. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade V 7:495-501 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 73096 | T. H. Withers. 1912. Some early fossil cirripedes of the genus Scalpellum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1912:528-539 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 73084 | T. H. Withers. 1922. The morphology of some Cretaceous cirripedes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 9:368-379 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |