Durlston Bay, Bed DB66, Soft Cockle Beds, Swanage: Early Berriasian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Odonata - Araripelibellulidae
Araripelibellula britannica n. sp. Fleck et al. 2008
Fleck et al. 2008 1 specimen
MNEMG 2008.24 R. A. Coram coll. (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae
Cretoxya rasnitsyni n. gen., n. sp. Gorochov et al. 2006
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Mesoraphidia mitchelli n. sp. Jepson et al. 2009
Jepson et al. 2009 1 specimen
MNEMG 2007.49 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Eoptychoptera longifurcata n. sp. Lukashevich et al. 2001
Lukashevich et al. 2001 1 specimen
MNEMG 1998.18 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Procramptonomyiidae
Procramptonomyia marianna Krzemiński and Krzemińska 1994
Coram and Jarzembowski 1999
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Dorset
Coordinates: 50.6° North, 2.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.5° North, 7.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Berriasian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 1
Key time interval: Early Berriasian
Age range of interval: 145 - 142.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Purbeck Formation:Lulworth Member:Worbarrow Tout
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Soft Cockle Beds = lower Worbarrow Tour Mbr
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:lagoonal Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:104006
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-02-04 13:37:32 Last modified:2014-08-05 11:21:28
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-04 13:37:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
35008. A. V. Gorochov, E. A. Jarzembowski, and R. A. Coram. 2006. Grasshoppers and crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England. Cretaceous Research 27:641-662 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

38986 R. A. Coram and E. A. Jarzembowski. 1999. New fossil flies (Insecta: Diptera) from the Purbeck Limestone Group (Lower Cretaceous, Berriasian) of Dorset, UK. Cretaceous Research 20:853-861 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
38360 G. Fleck, A. Nel, G. Bechly, X. Martínez-Delclòs, E. A. Jarzembowski and R. A. Coram. 2008. New lower cretaceous 'libelluloid' dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata: Cavilabiata) with notes about estimated divergences dates for this group. Palaeodiversity 1:19-36 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Alroy]
39593 J. E. Jepson, R. A. Coram, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2009. Raphidioptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) from the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group, Dorset, UK. Cretaceous Research 30:527-532 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
38957 E. D. Lukashevich, R. A. Coram, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2001. New true flies (Insecta: Diptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England. Cretaceous Research 22:451-460 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]