Quarry Hill Pit, Tunbridge: Valanginian, United Kingdom
collected by R.A. Crowson 1939
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Angarosphecidae
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Archisphex crowsoni n. gen., n. sp.
Evans 1969
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MCZ 6312 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Anisopodidae
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| Jarzembowski and Coram 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH In. 45253 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Neuroptera
- Kalligrammatidae
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| Jarzembowski 2001 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH In. 48250 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Kent |
| Coordinates: | 51.2° North, 0.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 21.6° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Valanginian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 139.8 - 132.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wealden | Formation: | Wadhurst Clay | Member: | Tilgate Stone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous sandstone | ||
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH,MCZ | ||
| Collectors: | R.A. Crowson | Collection dates: | 1939 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 122355 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-12-22 06:53:43 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-12-22 06:53:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38955. | H. E. Evans. 1969. Three new Cretaceous aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera). Psyche 76:251-261 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 54139 | E. Jarzembowski. 2001. A new Wealden fossil lacewing. Tunbridge Wells and Rusthall Commons: A History and Natural History 56-58 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 52413 | E. A. Jarzembowski and R. Coram. 1997. New fossil insect records from the Purbeck of Dorset and the Wealden of the Weald. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 118:119-124 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |