Rockhall Wood (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Ramsholt

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.0° N, 1.4° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 0.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ramsholt Member (Coralline Crag Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• late early Pliocene (Brunssumian)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; phosphatic, conglomeratic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. Lydekker. 1887. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum (Natural History) 5:1-345 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55827: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Foraminifera
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Metrarabdotosidae
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.1 Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Heteranomia squamula1 Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis anomala1 clam
subspecies coxi
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte triangulata1 Meyer 1886 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula subtruncata1 da Costa 1778 clam
subspecies triangulata
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Timoclea ovata1 Pennant 1777 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba1
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba1 Oliva 1792 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
Caecum mammillatum1 Wood 1842 snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium clathratulum1 Turton 1806 wentletrap
subspecies minutum
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella incrassata" = Turritella (Haustator) incrassata1
"Turritella incrassata" = Turritella (Haustator) incrassata1 Sowerby 1814 turret shell
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Gibbula obconica1 top snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet.2 Gray 1821 dolphin