PBDB Collection

Locality 12, Leziate Sand Pit, opressus Biozone, Norfolk (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.8° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 10.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Spilsby Member (Spilsby Sandstone Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• Erratic blocks of Lower Spilsby Member, oppressus Biozone, Middle Volgian (according to Sey and Kalacheva 1999 = Tithonian)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• "The bulk of the bivalve fauna of the Splisby Sandstone and Sandringham Sands formations is preserved as moulds. The lithologies in which these occur are principally calcareous concretions in glauconitic sandstones, sideritc mudstone concretions and phosphatized nodule beds."

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BGS

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

• might incl. specimens of museum collections

Primary reference: S. R. A. Kelly. 1984. Bivalvia of the Spilsby Sandstone and Sandringham Sands (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous) of eastern England; Part I. The Palaeontographical Society, London 1-94 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69134: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 20.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

• Focus on bivalves.

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Bivalvia
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Modiolus (Modiolus) sibiricus, Falcimytilus suprajurensis Modiolus (Modiolus) sibiricus mussel Falcimytilus suprajurensis Cox 1925 mussel
Mytilida - Crenellidae	Musculus (Musculus) fischerianus Musculus (Musculus) fischerianus mussel '8 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 5 listed specimens, one belongs to this locality
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Placunopsis distracta Placunopsis distracta scallop
Pectinida - Limidae	Plagiostoma ? incrassatum, Pseudolimea multicostata Plagiostoma ? incrassatum file clam Pseudolimea multicostata file clam
Pectinida - Oxytomidae	Arctotis intermedia, Oxytoma (Oxytoma) octavia Arctotis intermedia scallop Oxytoma (Oxytoma) octavia Orbigny 1850 scallop
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Entolium (Entolium) orbiculare Entolium (Entolium) orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Camptonectes (Camptonectes) morini Camptonectes (Camptonectes) morini scallop
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Praeexogyra sibirica, Liostrea plastica "Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster Praeexogyra sibirica oyster Liostrea plastica oyster
Ostreida - Pinnidae	Pinna (Pinna) suprajurensis Pinna (Pinna) suprajurensis oyster
Ostreida - Malleidae	Isognomon (Isognomon) volaticum Isognomon (Isognomon) volaticum oyster
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	Dicranodonta vagans Dicranodonta vagans clam 'c. 200 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 11 listed specimens, 6 belong to this locality
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Codakia crassa Codakia crassa clam '14 specimens' from probably four localities; of the 9 listed specimens, 6 belong to this locality
Carditida - Astartidae	Pressastarte (Pinguiastarte) pressula, Lyapinella asiatica, Nicaniella (Trautscholdia) claxbiensis Pressastarte (Pinguiastarte) pressula clam Lyapinella asiatica clam 'c. 300 specimens' from probably three localities; of the 10 listed specimens, one belongs to this locality Nicaniella (Trautscholdia) claxbiensis clam
Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae	Myophorella (Myophorella) intermedia, Myophorella (Myophorella) leziatensis n. sp. Myophorella (Myophorella) intermedia clam Myophorella (Myophorella) leziatensis n. sp. clam
Trigoniida - Trigoniidae	Turbitrigonia iceniae n. sp. Turbitrigonia iceniae n. sp. clam
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae	"Paracraspedites sp." = Subcraspedites (Paracraspedites) "Paracraspedites sp." = Subcraspedites (Paracraspedites) ammonite