Butley, Suffolk [Red Crag] (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.1° N, 1.5° E: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Red Crag Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Red Crag, which is regionally overlies the Coralline Crag. AGE: Late Pliocene, according to Rayner, 1981 on the basis of foraminiferal and palynological biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• 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: 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 84761: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.11.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

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
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica (Amauropsis) japonica, "Natica groenlandica" = Euspira pallida, "Natica triseriata" = Euspira triseriata
Natica (Amauropsis) japonica Nagao 1934 moon snail
"Natica groenlandica" = Euspira pallida Broderip and Sowerby 1829 moon snail
"Natica triseriata" = Euspira triseriata Say 1826 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum undatum1, "Trophon (Tritonofusus) altus" = Colus altus
Buccinum undatum1 Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
"Trophon (Tritonofusus) altus" = Colus altus Wood 1874 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassa conglobata" = Demoulia conglobata
"Nassa conglobata" = Demoulia conglobata Brocchi 1814 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella erythrostoma3 Bellardi 1848 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Trophon altum" = Trophon alta1
"Trophon altum" = Trophon alta1 Wood 1842 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Pleurotoma intorta1 Brocchi 1814 turrid
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Bulimus lubricus Müller 1774 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
"Leda myalis" = Yoldia (Yoldia) myalis2
"Leda myalis" = Yoldia (Yoldia) myalis2 Couthouy 1838 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae