Bramerton, Suffolk [Fluvio-marine Crag] (Pliocene to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.6° N, 1.4° E: paleocoordinates 52.6° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fluvio-marine Crag Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Fluvio-marine Crag. AGE: Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene, according to Rayner, 1981, on the basis of foraminiferal and palynological biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within series.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Marginal 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. 1850. A monograph of the Crag Mollusca, or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper tertiaries of the East of England. Part II. Bivalves 1-302 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84765: 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 - Cerithiidae
Cerithium derivatum1 Wood 1879 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia obtusa1 Sandberger 1849 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Assimineidae
Assiminia grayana1 Leach 1828 snail
 Heterostropha - Valvatidae
Valvata cristata1 Müller 1774 snail
Valvata priscinalis1 Wood 1848 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Pupa edentula1 Draparnaud 1805 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
"Chemnitzia internodula" = Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium) internodula1 Wood 1848 snail
Odostomia reevei2 Wood 1882 snail
Odostomia derivata1 Wood 1879 snail
 Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
"Limnaea peregra" = Lymnaea peregra1, "Limnaea palustris" = Lymnaea palustris1
"Limnaea peregra" = Lymnaea peregra1 Müller 1774 snail
"Limnaea palustris" = Lymnaea palustris1 Müller 1774 snail
 Life -
Limnaea auricularia1 Linnaeus 1758