Little Marl Point 6: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Platidiidae
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Aemula inusitata
Steinich 1968
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
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Magas chitoniformis
(Schlotheim 1813)
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Leptothyrellopsis polonicus
Bitner and Pisera 1979
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Megathyrididae
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Argyrotheca bronnii
(Roemer 1841)
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Gibbithyrididae
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Carneithyris subcardinalis
(Sahni 1925)
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Terebratulina faujasii
(Roemer 1841)
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Terebratulina subtilis
Steinich 1965
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Terebratulina gracilis
(Schlotheim 1813)
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchonellidae
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Rhynchonellidae indet.
Gray 1848
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 52.9° North, 1.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.6° North, 1.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Ammonoid zone: | sumensis |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Member: | Beacon Hill Grey Chalk |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified cherty/siliceous chalk |
| Secondary lithology: | yellow lithified grainstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Grey chalk with five flint bands. A fawn colored calcarenite 0-1m thick occurs below the second flint band from the top. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | chemical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Museum, University of Coppenhagen | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 157731 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Manojlovic |
| Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-07-01 12:07:41 | Last modified: | 2014-07-01 12:09:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-07-01 12:07:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 262. | M. B. Johansen and F. Surlyk. 1990. Brachiopods and the stratigraphy of the Upper Campanian and Lower Maastrichtian Chalk of Norfolk, England. Palaeontology 33(4):823-872 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Manojlovic] |