Where: England, United Kingdom (52.1° N, 1.6° E: paleocoordinates 52.2° 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. 1848. A monograph of the Crag Mollusca or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper Tertiaries of the East of England. Part 1. Univalves 1-208 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84992: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.11.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Mytilus hesperianus" = Mytilus galloprovincialis
"Mytilus hesperianus" = Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck 1819 mussel | |
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam | |
Ostrea princeps Wood 1850 oyster
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Pecten pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, "Pecten dubius" = Aequipecten opercularis, "Pecten gerardii" = Palliolum gerardi, "Pecten tigrinus" = Palliolum tigrinum
"Pecten pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Pecten dubius" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Pecten gerardii" = Palliolum gerardi Nyst 1835 scallop
"Pecten tigrinus" = Palliolum tigrinum Müller 1776 scallop | |
"Anomia patelliformis" = Pododesmus patelliformis Linnaeus 1773 scallop
Anomia striata Brocchi 1814 jingle | |
Lima exilis Wood 1839 file clam | |
"Lucina borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucina borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Thracia inflata clam | |
Pholadomya hesterna clam | |
"Glycimeris angusta" = Glycymeris, Panopea faujasii
"Glycimeris angusta" = Glycymeris clam
Panopea faujasii clam | |
Solen ensis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Cardium decorticatum" = Laevicardium (Laevicardium) decorticatum
"Cardium decorticatum" = Laevicardium (Laevicardium) decorticatum Wood 1840 cockle | |
Psammobia vespertina Chemnitz 1782 clam | |
"Tellina obliqua" = Macoma (Macoma) obliqua
"Tellina obliqua" = Macoma (Macoma) obliqua Sowerby 1817 tellin clam | |
"Venus casina" = Dosina cassina, "Cytherea rudis" = Pitar (Pitar) rudis
"Venus casina" = Dosina cassina Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Cytherea rudis" = Pitar (Pitar) rudis Poli 1795 venus clam | |
"Cyprina rustica" = Pygocardia rustica
"Cyprina rustica" = Pygocardia rustica Sowerby 1818 clam | |
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam | |
Lutraria lutraria Linnaeus 1767 clam
Mactra artopta Wood 1850 clam | |
Cardita scalaris Sowerby 1825 clam
Cardita senilis Lamarck 1805 clam | |
Astarte mutabilis, "Astarte basterotii" = Isocrassina basteroti, Astarte gracilis, Astarte incrassata, "Astarte burtinii" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata burtinea
Astarte mutabilis Wood 1840 clam
"Astarte basterotii" = Isocrassina basteroti De la Jonkaire 1823 clam
Astarte gracilis Golfuss 1837 clam
Astarte incrassata Brocchi 1814 clam
"Astarte burtinii" = Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata burtinea De la Jonkaire 1823 clam | |
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Trophon imperspicuum Wood 1848 murex snail |