Where: England, United Kingdom (52.8° N, 1.5° E: paleocoordinates 52.8° N, 1.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Coralline Crag Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Coralline Crag, which is regionally overlain by the Red Crag. AGE: It has been correlated with, but probably predates at 4.4 to 3.8 Ma, the Luchtbal Sand Member of the Lillo Formation in the Antwerp area on the basis of molluscs (Cambridge, 1977), foraminifera (Jenkins and Houghton, 1987) and dinoflagellate cysts (Louwye et al., 2004; De Schepper et al., 2009), placing it in the latter part of the early Pliocene (Zanclean 2) of the southern North Sea. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not stated, but probably Stearns Wood, c. 1840's-1870's. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: S. V. Wood. 1879. Monograph of the Crag Mollusca with descriptions of shells from the upper tertiaries of the east of England 4:1-58 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84755: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.11.2008, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Chemnitzia nitidissima" = Anisocycla nitidissima2
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"Chemnitzia internodula" = Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium) internodula2, "Chemnitzia filosa" = Turbonilla filosa2, "Chemnitzia senistriata" = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) senistriata, "Chemnitzia similis" = Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) similis2, Pyramidella laeviuscula2, Menestho suttonensis4, Odostomia pellucida2, Odostomia plicata2, Odostomia pupa2, Odostomia simillima2, Chemnitzia elegantissima2, Chemnitzia costaria2, Chemnitzia rufa2, Chemnitzia densecostata2, Chemnitzia ? unica2, Chemnitzia curvicostata2, Chemnitzia varicula2, Nodostoma eulimelloides4, Nodostoma ornata4
"Chemnitzia senistriata" = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) senistriata Wood 1877 snail | |
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Scalaria hamulifera2, Scalaria geniculata, "Turritella (Mesalia) penepolaris" = Acirsa penepolaris, "Scalaria varicosa" = Cirsotrema varicosa2, "Scalaria fimbriosa" = Cirsotrema fimbriosa2, "Scalaria clathratula" = Epitonium clathratulum2, "Scalaria obtusicostata" = Opalia (Nodiscala) obtusicostata2, "Scalaria cancellata" = Amaea cancellata2
Scalaria geniculata Brocchi 1814 wentletrap
"Turritella (Mesalia) penepolaris" = Acirsa penepolaris Wood 1872 wentletrap | |
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Rissoa costulata Alder 1844 snail
Rissoa parva da Costa 1778 snail | |
Adeorbis naticoides Wood 1879 snail | |
"Cerithium tuberculare" = Cerithiopsis tubercularis2
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"Cypraea avellana" = Niveria avellana2, "Cypraea europaea" = Trivia (Trivia) europaea2, "Cypraea retusa" = Trivia retusa2, "Cypraea affinis" = Trivia (Sulcotrivia) excoccinella2, "Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae2, Erato britannica n. sp.1
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"Ovula leathesii" = Neosimnia leathesi2
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Fusus exactus, "Nassa incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus2, "Nassa prismatica" = Nassarius prysmaticus, "Nassa granulata" = Nassarius granulatus2, "Nassa consociata" = Nassarius (Tritonella) consociatus2
Fusus exactus Wood 1879 snail
"Nassa prismatica" = Nassarius prysmaticus Brocchi 1814 snail | |
Buccinum nudum Wood 1879 true whelk | |
Clavatula costata2, Clavatula laevigata2, Clavatula concinnata2, Clavatula linearis2, Clavatula perpulchra2, Clavatula castanea2, Clavatula philberti2, Clavatula mitrula2, Clavatula brachystoma2, Clavatula cancellata2
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Pleurotoma gracilicostata Wood 1879 turrid | |
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"Alvania ascaris" = Aclis ascaris2
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"Trochus ziziphinus" = Calliostoma zizyphinum
"Trochus ziziphinus" = Calliostoma zizyphinum Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
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"Nucula trigonula" = Nucula (Nucula) trigonula3, "Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus3, "Nucula laevigata" = Leionucula laevigata3
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"Saxicava rugosa" = Hiatella3, "? Saxicava ? carinata" = Hiatella3, Saxicava fragilis3, "Saxicava arctica" = Hiatella arctica3
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"Kellia ambigua" = Laseina ambigua3
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Kellia suborbicularis3, Kellia pumila3, Kellia cycladia3, "Montacuta bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata3, "Kellia orbicularis" = Aligena (Aligena) orbicularis3, "Kellia rubra" = Lasaea adansoni3, "Kellia elliptica" = Scacchia (Scacchia) elliptica3
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Cryptodon ferruginosum3, Cryptodon sinuosum3, Lutraria lutraria3, Mactra stultorum3, Mactra ovalis3, "Mactra arcuata" = Spisula arcuata3, "Mactra obtruncata" = Spisula obtruncata3
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"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata3, Diplodonta astartea3, Diplodonta dilatata3
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"Cytherea rudis" = Pitar (Pitar) rudis3, "Circe minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima3, Tapes virginea3, Artemis lincta3, "Venus casina" = Dosina cassina3, "Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata3, Lucinopsis lajonkairii3
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"Lepton deltoideum" = Bornia (Bornia) deltoidea3
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"Lepton depressum" = Erycina (Erycina) depressa3
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"Kellia coarctata" = Mioerycina (Phascoliophila) coarctata3, Montacuta substriata3, Montacuta truncata3, Montacuta donacina3, "Montacuta ferruginosa" = Tellimya ferruginosa3
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Gastrana laminosa3, "Tellina crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa3, Tellina donacilla3, Tellina donacina3, Tellina balaustina3
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"Macha strigillata" = Solecurtus strigilatus3
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Cardium strigilliferum3, Cardium nodosum3, "Cardium decorticatum" = Laevicardium (Laevicardium) decorticatum3
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"Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia3
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"Pholas crispata" = Zirfaea crispata3, "Pholas cylindrica" = Barnea (Barnea) cylindrica3, Pholadidea papyracea3
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Astarte excurrens3, Astarte pygmaea3, "Astarte basterotii" = Isocrassina basteroti3, "Astarte omalii" = Isocrassina omalii3, Astarte mutabilis3, Astarte gracilis3, Astarte incrassata3, Astarte parva3, Astarte incerta3, Astarte digitaria3, "Astarte burtinii" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata burtinea3, Astarte triangularis3
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"Modiola phaseolina" = Modiolula phaseolina3, Modiola rhombea3, Modiola marmorata3, Modiola costulata3, "Modiola sericea" = Arcoperna serica3
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"Pecten tigrinus" = Palliolum tigrinum3, "Pecten bruei" = Pseudamussium sulcatum3, "Pecten maximus" = Pecten maxima3, "Pecten pusio" = Talochlamys pusio3, "Pecten dubius" = Aequipecten opercularis3
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"Pecten similis" = Similipecten similis3
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"Anomia patelliformis" = Pododesmus patelliformis3, Anomia aculeata3, Anomia ephippium3, Anomia striata
Anomia striata Brocchi 1814 jingle | |
"Lima loscombii" = Limaria (Limatulella) loscombii3, Lima subauriculata3, Lima plicatula3, "Lima ovata" = Limatula ovata3
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"Pectunculus pilosus" = Glycymeris pilosa
"Pectunculus pilosus" = Glycymeris pilosa Linnaeus 1767 clam SUBSPECIES: Pectunculus pilosus insubricus
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"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratula trigona Quenstedt 1852 |