east of Copt Point, Folkestone: Early/Lower Cenomanian, United Kingdom
collected by Griffiths
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Cidaris sp.
Leske 1778
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Salenioida
- Hyposaleniidae
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Peltastes clathrata
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Peltastes umbrella
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Diplopodiidae
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Pseudodiadema cf. variolare
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema) | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Brachiolithes labrosus
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Amorphozoa indet.
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Holectypoida
- Discoididae
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Discoidea subucula
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| nomen vanum belonging to Discoides | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Holasteroida
- Holasteridae
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Holaster subglobosus
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Hemiasteridae
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Hemiaster sp.
Agassiz and Desor 1847
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Asteroidea
- Valvatida
- Goniasteridae
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Goniaster coombii
Forbes 1848
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| recombined as Nymphaster coombii | ||||||||||
| "or G. mosaicus" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Acanthopholis horridus n. gen., n. sp.
Huxley 1867
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1 individual | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Ankylosauria | ||||||||||
| BGS GSM 109046-109058 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ophthalmosauridae
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Ichthyosaurus campylodon
Carter 1846
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Etheridge 1867 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Pervushovisaurus campylodon | ||||||||||
| BGS GSM 109059-109060 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Saurodontidae
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Saurocephalus lanciformis
Harlan 1834
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Terebratulina striata
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Gibbithyrididae
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Terebratula obesa
Sowerby 1823
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| recombined as Concinnithyris obesa | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Terebratula biplcata
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Turrilitidae
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Turrilites undulatus
Sowerby 1814
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| synonym of Turrilites scheuchzerianus | ||||||||||
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Turrilites costatus
(Lamarck 1801)
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Turrilites tuberculatus
Bosc 1801
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| recombined as Hypoturrilites tuberculatus | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Scaphites aequalis
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Schloenbachiidae
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Ammonites varians
Sowerby 1817
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| recombined as Schloenbachia varians | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Acanthoceratidae
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Ammonites mantelli
Sowerby 1814
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| recombined as Mantelliceras mantelli | ||||||||||
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Ammonites navicularis
Mantell 1822
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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= Calycoceras sp.
Hyatt 1900
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Mertz 2017 | |||||||||
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Ammonites rothomagensis
(Brongniart 1822)
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| recombined as Acanthoceras rhotomagense | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Nautilus elegans
Sowerby 1816
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cymatoceras elegans | ||||||||||
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Nautilus pseudoelegans
d'Orbigny 1841
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cymatoceras pseudoelegans | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Pleurotomaria perspectiva
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Pleurotomaria rhodani
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Vermicularia sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus mytiloides
Mantell 1822
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| recombined as Mytiloides mytiloides | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula inflata
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Plicatula pectinoides
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Pecten orbicularis
Sowerby 1817
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| synonym of Syncyclonema nilsoni | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea carinata
Lamarck 1806
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| recombined as Rastellum carinatum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra sp.
Say 1820
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya decussata
(Mantell 1822)
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Hexactinellida
- Lychniscosa
- Ventriculitidae
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Ventriculites sp.
Mantell 1822
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Tetralithistida
- Chenendoporidae
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Chenendopora fungiformis
Lamouroux 1821
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Etheridge 1867 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Dover |
| Coordinates: | 51.1° North, 1.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.9° North, 2.7° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 0 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Cenomanian | Ammonoid zone: | Mantelliceras mantelli |
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Grey Chalk | Formation: | West Melbury Marly Chalk | Member: | Glauconitic Marl |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "lower part of the Chalk Marl", ca. 8 ft. above the Greensand. "the lower part of the Grey Chalk series. (the Chalk Marl with Brachiolithes)". PJW: This is now the Glauconitic Marl | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "hard, dense, pale-grey Chalk Marl" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Griffiths |
Metadata
| Database number: | 49496 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Wagner | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-18 05:53:34 | Last modified: | 2024-04-17 14:57:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-18 05:53:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13241. | ETE | T. H. Huxley. 1867. On Acanthopholis horridus, a new reptile from the Chalk-marl. Geological Magazine 4:65-67 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 45717 | W. T. Blows and K. Honeysett. 2014. New nodosaurid teeth (Dinosauria, Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(4):835-841 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/J. Tennant] | |
| 17480 | ETE | W. P. Coombs. 1978. The families of the ornithischian dinosaur order Ankylosauria. Palaeontology 21(1):143-170 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 55950 | R. Etheridge. 1867. On the stratigraphical position of Acanthopholis horridus (Huxley). Geological Magazine 4:67-69 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 62949 | E. Hennig. 1915. Fossilium Catalogus. I: Animalia. Pars 9: Stegosauria 1-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 68446 | D. A. A. Mertz. 2017. Phylogeny, diversity, and ecology of the ammonoid superfamily Acanthoceratoidea through the Cenomanian and Turonian. 1-111 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/D. Mertz] | |
| 31495 | X. Pereda Suberbiola and P. M. Barrett. 1999. A systematic review of ankylosaurian dinosaur remains from the Albian-Cenomanian of England. In D. M. Unwin (ed.), Cretaceous Fossil Vertebrates. Special Papers in Palaeontology 60:177-208 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano] | |
| 30971 | ETE | A. S. Woodward and C. D. Sherborn. 1890. A Catalogue of British Fossil Vertebrata. Dulao & Company, London 1-396 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |