Where: England, United Kingdom (53.2° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Spilsby Member (Spilsby Sandstone Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• Basal Spilsby Nodule Bed, Middle Volgian (according to Sey and Kalacheva 1999 = Tithonian)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified, glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the BGS

• R. G. Thurrell collection

Primary reference: S. R. A. Kelly. 1984. Bivalvia of the Spilsby Sandstone and Sandringham Sands (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous) of eastern England; Part I. The Palaeontographical Society, London 1-94 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69131: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 20.02.2007

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