CUC 792D: Valanginian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Equisetaceae
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Equisetites sp.
Sternberg 1833
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | West Sussex |
| Coordinates: | 50.0° North, 0.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.9° North, 21.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| *Period: | Cretaceous - Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Early - Early |
| *International age/stage: | Valanginian - Valanginian | ||
| Key time interval: | Valanginian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 137.05 - 132.6 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wealden | Formation: | Wadhurst Clay |
| Local section: | Cuckfield | Local bed: | 241 m |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | original sporopollenin |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | core,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Palynofacies in which cuticles and other tissues, and presumed spores of Equisetites, dominate. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Cuckfield #1 Borehole, unregistered IGS sample CUC 792D, from a depth of approx. 241 m in (Wadhurst Clay) | ||
| Database number: | 32356 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Lupia | Enterer: | T. Naeher |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-06-26 13:12:11 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-26 13:12:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8614. | D. J. Batten. 1982. Palynofacies and salinity in the Purbeck and Wealden of southern England. In F. T. Banner & A. R. Lord (ed.), Aspects of Micropalaeontology: Papers Presented to Professor Tom Barnard 278-308 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/M. Carrano] |