Sac3-Greensand (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.2° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 10.2° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

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 1837: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 09.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Holocystis elegans
Holocystis elegans Lonsdale 1849 stony coral
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Deshayesites fittoni, aff. Prodeshayesites obsoletus
aff. Prodeshayesites obsoletus ammonite
originally entered as "Prodeshayesites aff. obsoletus"
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Proveniella rosacea n. sp.
Proveniella rosacea n. sp. clam
"rosacea sp. nov." - originally entered as "Proveniella rosacea sp. nov."
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Resatrix parva, Resatrix vectensis
Resatrix parva venus clam
Resatrix vectensis venus clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp.
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam
originally entered as "Panopaea "
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Perna sp.
Perna sp. Retzius 1788 mussel