Lewes Nodular Chalk-Beer Head 2 (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 3.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 0.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Lewes Nodular Chalk Formation, Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
• hard and nodular, with common flint, marls and marly chalk intervals.
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: M. A. Woods. 2002. The macrofossil biostratigraphy of the Turonian and Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous, Chalk Group) of southeast Devon. Proceedings of the Geologists´Association 113(4):333-344 [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/F. Fursich]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38597: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 26.04.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Cremnoceramus spp. Heinz 1932 clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Tylocidaris clavigera Mantell 1822 pencil urchin | |
Echinocorys gravesi Desor 1847 sea urchin |