Lower Chalk Formation

Geology

Group: Chalk

Members: unnamed (41), Basement Bed (4), Dixoni Limestone (1), Grey Chalk (10), Lower Pink Band (2)

Lithologies: sandstone (1), conglomerate (2), lime mudstone (7), chalk (33), wackestone (7), "limestone" (9)

Paleoenvironments: marine indet. (11), carbonate indet. (36), offshore shelf (3), offshore indet. (5), basinal (carbonate) (2), coastal indet. (1)

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) (113106 141829 159609 159602 159603 159604 159605 159606 159607 159608 159610 159611 159612 159613 159614 159615 159616 226221 226222)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (57476 57477 57478 57479 57480 57481 57482 57483 57484 60747 63044 154006 154008 154009 154014 154015 154021)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (154020)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (Kent) (234317)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) (82911 92428 118335)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (60750)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) (82797 82810 82855 82857 82910 82913 82916 82919)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (60748 60749)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) (59055 63042)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) (159618 159619 159620 159621)