EKhyb-Greensand (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 1.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 11.5° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hythe Formation (Lower Greensand Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• Hythe beds are separated into 32 beds around 1ft. thick.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, green shale and carbonate

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: R. Casey. 1961. The stratigraphical palaeontology of the Lower Greensand. Palaeontology 3(4):487-621 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1776: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 08.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

• composite list for 32 beds
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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Sellithyris sella
Sellithyris sella Sowerby 1823
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Sulcirhynchia hythensis
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Neohibolites ewaldi
 Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
"Dufrenoya furcata" = Dufrenoyia, "Dufrenoya truncata" = Dufrenoyia, "Dufrenoya transitoria" = Dufrenoyia, "Dufrenoya lurensis" = Dufrenoyia, "Dufrenoya sp." = Dufrenoyia, Deshayesites consobrinoides, cf. Deshayesites involutus, Deshayesites multicostatus, Deshayesites deshayesi, Deshayesites grandis
"Dufrenoya furcata" = Dufrenoyia ammonite
originally entered as "Dufrenoyia furcata"
"Dufrenoya truncata" = Dufrenoyia ammonite
originally entered as "Dufrenoyia truncata"
"Dufrenoya transitoria" = Dufrenoyia ammonite
originally entered as "Dufrenoyia transitoria"
"Dufrenoya lurensis" = Dufrenoyia ammonite
originally entered as "Dufrenoyia lurensis"
"Dufrenoya sp." = Dufrenoyia Kilian and Reboul 1915 ammonite
originally entered as "Dufrenoyia sp."
cf. Deshayesites involutus ammonite
originally entered as "Deshayesites cf. involutus"
Deshayesites multicostatus Swinnerton 1935 ammonite
Deshayesites deshayesi d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
Deshayesites grandis Spath 1930 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Lithancylus grandis, Australiceras gigas, "Tropaeum bowerbanki" = Tropaeum (Tropaeum) bowerbanki, Tropaeum hillsi
Lithancylus grandis Sowerby 1828 ammonite
"Tropaeum bowerbanki" = Tropaeum (Tropaeum) bowerbanki Sowerby 1837 ammonite
Tropaeum hillsi Sowerby 1836 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Cheloniceras meyendorffi, Cheloniceras ex gr. meyendorffi, Cheloniceras parinodum, Cheloniceras crassum
Cheloniceras ex gr. meyendorffi ammonite
"meyendorffi gr." - originally entered as "Cheloniceras meyendorffi gr."
Cheloniceras crassum Spath 1930 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Linotrigonia sp.
Linotrigonia sp. van Hoepen 1929 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella sp.
Gervillella sp. Waagen 1907 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster