PBDB Collection

EKfsec1-Greensand (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 1.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 11.6° E)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• basal bed, first of 35 beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, phosphatic sandstone

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 1780: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 08.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	indet. audax, indet. tenuiformis, indet. papillosus, Lamellirhynchia caseyi indet. audax indet. tenuiformis indet. papillosus Lamellirhynchia caseyi
Gastropoda
Trochoidea - Turbinidae	Margarites mirabilis Margarites mirabilis snail
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae	Hypacanthoplites rubricosus, aff. Hypacanthoplites jacobi, Hypacanthoplites jacobi, Hypacanthoplites anglicus, Hypacanthoplites clavatus, cf. Hypacanthoplites sarasini, cf. Hypacanthoplites hanovrensis, Hypacanthoplites simmsi, cf. Hypacanthoplites laticostatus, Hypacanthoplites sp. n. sp., "Hypacanthoplites elegans" = Hypacanthoplites elegans, "cf. Hypacanthoplites spathi" = Hypacanthoplites elegans Hypacanthoplites rubricosus ammonite aff. Hypacanthoplites jacobi ammonite originally entered as "Hypacanthoplites aff. jacobi" Hypacanthoplites jacobi ammonite Hypacanthoplites anglicus ammonite Hypacanthoplites clavatus ammonite cf. Hypacanthoplites sarasini ammonite originally entered as "Hypacanthoplites cf. sarasini" cf. Hypacanthoplites hanovrensis ammonite originally entered as "Hypacanthoplites cf. hanovrensis" Hypacanthoplites simmsi ammonite cf. Hypacanthoplites laticostatus ammonite originally entered as "Hypacanthoplites cf. laticostatus" Hypacanthoplites sp. n. sp. Spath 1923 ammonite "spp. nov." - originally entered as "Hypacanthoplites spp. nov." "Hypacanthoplites elegans" = Hypacanthoplites elegans Fritel 1906 ammonite "cf. Hypacanthoplites spathi" = Hypacanthoplites elegans Fritel 1906 ammonite originally entered as "Hypacanthoplites cf. spathi"
Bivalvia
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	Pterotrigonia mantelli Pterotrigonia mantelli clam
Lucinida - Mactromyidae	Thetironia minor Thetironia minor Sowerby 1826 clam
Cardiida - Veneridae	Resatrix cantiana Resatrix cantiana venus clam
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Epicyprina harrisoni, Tortarctica similis Epicyprina harrisoni clam Tortarctica similis clam
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Parmicorbula striatula Parmicorbula striatula clam
Carditida - Astartidae	Freiastarte praetypica Freiastarte praetypica clam
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	Cucullaea glabra Cucullaea glabra Parkinson 1811 clam
Ostreida - Ostreidae	"Lopha diluviana" = Rastellum diluvianum, Ostrea cunabula "Lopha diluviana" = Rastellum diluvianum Linnaeus 1767 oyster Ostrea cunabula oyster
Pectinida - Limidae	Acesta longa Acesta longa file clam
Pectinida - Plicatulidae	Diploschiza sp. Diploschiza sp. Conrad 1866 scallop
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	"Spondylus striatus" = Spondylus subnodosus "Spondylus striatus" = Spondylus subnodosus Packard 1922 scallop
Stenolaemata
Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae	Berenicea gracilis Berenicea gracilis
Cyclostomata - Oncousoeciidae	Proboscina crassa Proboscina crassa Roemer 1839
Malacostraca
Decapoda - Nephropidae	"Homarus longimanus" = Hoploparia longimana "Homarus longimanus" = Hoploparia longimana Sowerby 1826 clawed lobster