Bramerton, Suffolk [Chillesford Clay] (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.6° N, 1.4° E: paleocoordinates 52.6° N, 1.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chillesford Clay Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Chillesford Clay or Chillesford ClaySand. AGE: Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene, according to Rayner, 1981, on the basis of foraminiferal and palynological biostratigraphy; Pleistocene according to Norton (1967). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within series.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but siliciclastic based on observation of specimens. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation and figured specimens.

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: P. E. Norton. 1967. Marine Molluscan Assemblages in the Early Pleistocene of Sidestrand, Bramerton and the Royal Society Borehole at Ludham, Norfolk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 253(784):161-200 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84760: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. Other volumes when entered will include bryozoa, brachiopoda, and anthozoa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature, which is revised where possible through more recent sources.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Siliquariidae
Siliquaria parva4 Speyer 1869 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex erinaceus" = Ocenebra erinaceus1, "Purpura lapillus" = Nucella lapillus1
"Murex erinaceus" = Ocenebra erinaceus1 Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
"Purpura lapillus" = Nucella lapillus1 Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
"Cerithium greenii" = Cerithiopsis greenii3
"Cerithium greenii" = Cerithiopsis greenii3 Adams 1839 snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata2
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata2 Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina islandica" = Arctica islandica2
"Cyprina islandica" = Arctica islandica2 Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra ovalis2 Sowerby 1817 clam
Trigonella plana2 da Costa 1778 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium groenlandicum" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus2, "Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule2
"Cardium groenlandicum" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus2 Mohr 1786 cockle
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule2 Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina lata2, "Tellina crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa2, "Tellina praetenuis" = Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis2, "Tellina obliqua" = Macoma (Macoma) obliqua2
Tellina lata2 Gmelin 1788 tellin clam
"Tellina crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa2 Pennant 1777 tellin clam
"Tellina praetenuis" = Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis2 Leathes in Woodward 1830 tellin clam
"Tellina obliqua" = Macoma (Macoma) obliqua2 Sowerby 1817 tellin clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae