Where: England, United Kingdom (51.2° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 0.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mantelliceras saxbii ammonoid zone, Chalk Marl Member (West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation), Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the upper Chalk Marl, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the upper part of the Chalk Marl within local section. PJW: Upper Chalk Marl spans Mantelliceras dixoni + Turrilites costatus zones. Now the West Melbury Marly Chalk.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: British Museum (Natural History).

Primary reference: P. Juignet and W. J. Kennedy. 1976. Faunes d’ammonites et biostratigraphie compareé du Cénomanien du nord-ouest de la France (Normandie) et du sud de l’Angleterre. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société Géologique de Normandie et Amis du Muséum du Havre 63:1-193 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230775: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 20.07.2023

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