Where: England, United Kingdom (52.7° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 52.7° N, 1.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Cromer Knoll Group, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Post-Pliocene bioerosion of "Chalk" (probably Cretaceous). AGE: Post-Pliocene [=Pleistocene]. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Boring in chalk, presumably on uplifted wave-cut platform.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace, replaced with pyrite
Reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: . Woodward? REPOSITORY: S. Woodward Coll., BMNH.
Primary reference: S. R. A. Kelly and R. G. Bromley. 1984. Ichonological nomenclature of clavate borings. Palaeontology 27(4):793-807 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90686: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.08.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Zirphaea crispata" = Zirfaea crispata
"Zirphaea crispata" = Zirfaea crispata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastrochaenolites ornatus n. sp.
Gastrochaenolites ornatus n. sp. Kelly and Bromley 1984 |