Where: England, United Kingdom (52.8° N, 1.5° E: paleocoordinates 52.8° N, 1.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Coralline Crag Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Coralline Crag, which is regionally overlain by the Red Crag. AGE: It has been correlated with, but probably predates at 4.4 to 3.8 Ma, the Luchtbal Sand Member of the Lillo Formation in the Antwerp area on the basis of molluscs (Cambridge, 1977), foraminifera (Jenkins and Houghton, 1987) and dinoflagellate cysts (Louwye et al., 2004; De Schepper et al., 2009), placing it in the latter part of the early Pliocene (Zanclean 2) of the southern North Sea. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not stated, but probably Stearns Wood, c. 1840's-1870's. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: S. V. Wood. 1879. Monograph of the Crag Mollusca with descriptions of shells from the upper tertiaries of the east of England 4:1-58 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84755: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.11.2008, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Chemnitzia nitidissima" = Anisocycla nitidissima2
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Odostomia plicata2, Odostomia pupa2, Odostomia pellucida2, Odostomia simillima2, Menestho suttonensis4, "Chemnitzia filosa" = Turbonilla filosa2, "Chemnitzia senistriata" = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) senistriata, "Chemnitzia internodula" = Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium) internodula2, Nodostoma eulimelloides4, Nodostoma ornata4, Pyramidella laeviuscula2, Chemnitzia densecostata2, Chemnitzia costaria2, Chemnitzia ? unica2, Chemnitzia rufa2, Chemnitzia curvicostata2, Chemnitzia varicula2, Chemnitzia elegantissima2, "Chemnitzia similis" = Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) similis2
"Chemnitzia senistriata" = Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) senistriata Wood 1877 snail | |
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"Scalaria clathratula" = Epitonium clathratulum2, "Scalaria obtusicostata" = Opalia (Nodiscala) obtusicostata2, "Scalaria cancellata" = Amaea cancellata2, Scalaria hamulifera2, Scalaria geniculata, "Turritella (Mesalia) penepolaris" = Acirsa penepolaris, "Scalaria fimbriosa" = Cirsotrema fimbriosa2, "Scalaria varicosa" = Cirsotrema varicosa2
Scalaria geniculata Brocchi 1814 wentletrap
"Turritella (Mesalia) penepolaris" = Acirsa penepolaris Wood 1872 wentletrap | |
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"Alvania ascaris" = Aclis ascaris2
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"Cerithium tuberculare" = Cerithiopsis tubercularis2
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"Ovula leathesii" = Neosimnia leathesi2
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"Cypraea avellana" = Niveria avellana2, "Cypraea retusa" = Trivia retusa2, "Cypraea europaea" = Trivia (Trivia) europaea2, "Cypraea affinis" = Trivia (Sulcotrivia) excoccinella2, Erato britannica n. sp.1, "Erato maugeriae" = Archierato maugeriae2
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Fusus exactus, "Nassa granulata" = Nassarius granulatus2, "Nassa incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus2, "Nassa consociata" = Nassarius (Tritonella) consociatus2, "Nassa prismatica" = Nassarius prysmaticus
Fusus exactus Wood 1879 snail
"Nassa prismatica" = Nassarius prysmaticus Brocchi 1814 snail | |
Buccinum nudum Wood 1879 true whelk | |
Pleurotoma gracilicostata Wood 1879 turrid | |
Clavatula cancellata2, Clavatula brachystoma2, Clavatula perpulchra2, Clavatula linearis2, Clavatula laevigata2, Clavatula concinnata2, Clavatula mitrula2, Clavatula costata2, Clavatula philberti2, Clavatula castanea2
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Adeorbis naticoides Wood 1879 snail | |
Rissoa costulata Alder 1844 snail
Rissoa parva da Costa 1778 snail | |
"Trochus ziziphinus" = Calliostoma zizyphinum
"Trochus ziziphinus" = Calliostoma zizyphinum Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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"Nucula laevigata" = Leionucula laevigata3, "Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus3, "Nucula trigonula" = Nucula (Nucula) trigonula3
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Modiola costulata3, Modiola rhombea3, Modiola marmorata3, "Modiola phaseolina" = Modiolula phaseolina3, "Modiola sericea" = Arcoperna serica3
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"Lima ovata" = Limatula ovata3, "Lima loscombii" = Limaria (Limatulella) loscombii3, Lima plicatula3, Lima subauriculata3
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"Anomia patelliformis" = Pododesmus patelliformis3, Anomia ephippium3, Anomia aculeata3, Anomia striata
Anomia striata Brocchi 1814 jingle | |
"Pecten similis" = Similipecten similis3
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"Pecten pusio" = Talochlamys pusio3, "Pecten maximus" = Pecten maxima3, "Pecten tigrinus" = Palliolum tigrinum3, "Pecten bruei" = Pseudamussium sulcatum3, "Pecten dubius" = Aequipecten opercularis3
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"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam | |
"Pectunculus pilosus" = Glycymeris pilosa
"Pectunculus pilosus" = Glycymeris pilosa Linnaeus 1767 clam SUBSPECIES: Pectunculus pilosus insubricus
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Pholadidea papyracea3, "Pholas crispata" = Zirfaea crispata3, "Pholas cylindrica" = Barnea (Barnea) cylindrica3
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"Lepton deltoideum" = Bornia (Bornia) deltoidea3
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"Kellia coarctata" = Mioerycina (Phascoliophila) coarctata3, Montacuta truncata3, Montacuta donacina3, Montacuta substriata3, "Montacuta ferruginosa" = Tellimya ferruginosa3
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"Lepton depressum" = Erycina (Erycina) depressa3
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Cryptodon ferruginosum3, Cryptodon sinuosum3, Lutraria lutraria3, Mactra ovalis3, Mactra stultorum3, "Mactra obtruncata" = Spisula obtruncata3, "Mactra arcuata" = Spisula arcuata3
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"Circe minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima3, Lucinopsis lajonkairii3, Tapes virginea3, "Venus casina" = Dosina cassina3, "Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata3, Artemis lincta3, "Cytherea rudis" = Pitar (Pitar) rudis3
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Diplodonta dilatata3, Diplodonta astartea3, "Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata3
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"Cardium decorticatum" = Laevicardium (Laevicardium) decorticatum3, Cardium nodosum3, Cardium strigilliferum3
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Tellina donacilla3, Tellina donacina3, Tellina balaustina3, "Tellina crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa3, Gastrana laminosa3
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"Macha strigillata" = Solecurtus strigilatus3
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"Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia3
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"Kellia rubra" = Lasaea adansoni3, Kellia suborbicularis3, Kellia cycladia3, Kellia pumila3, "Kellia orbicularis" = Aligena (Aligena) orbicularis3, "Montacuta bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata3, "Kellia elliptica" = Scacchia (Scacchia) elliptica3
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"Kellia ambigua" = Laseina ambigua3
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"Saxicava rugosa" = Hiatella3, "? Saxicava ? carinata" = Hiatella3, Saxicava fragilis3, "Saxicava arctica" = Hiatella arctica3
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Astarte pygmaea3, Astarte gracilis3, Astarte mutabilis3, Astarte incerta3, Astarte parva3, "Astarte burtinii" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata burtinea3, Astarte triangularis3, Astarte digitaria3, Astarte excurrens3, "Astarte basterotii" = Isocrassina basteroti3, "Astarte omalii" = Isocrassina omalii3, Astarte incrassata3
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Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratula trigona Quenstedt 1852 |