EKsanb-Greensand: Aptian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Lamellirhynchia caseyi
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Parahoplitidae
Parahoplites nutfieldensis (Sowerby 1815)
recombined as Parahoplites nutfieldiensis
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Cheloniceras buxtorfi (Jacob and Tobler 1906)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca dupiniana
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis dolomitica n. sp.
"dolomitica sp. nov." - originally entered as "Limopsis dolomitica sp. nov."
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Acesta longa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare (Sowerby 1817)
synonym of Syncyclonema nilsoni
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys robinaldina (Orbigny 1847)
recombined as Mimachlamys robinaldina
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea canaliculata (Sowerby 1813)
original and current combination Chama canaliculata
Exogyra tuberculifera Koch and Dunker 1837
recombined as Ceratostreon tuberculiferum
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Thetironia minor (Sowerby 1826)
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Girardotia sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
cf. Myopholas semicostata
originally entered as "Myopholas cf. semicostata"
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Parmicorbula striatula
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Proveniella regularis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Resatrix cantiana
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Pseudocardia sp.nov. n. sp. Conrad 1866
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Cyclothyris latissima (Sowerby 1829)
original and current combination Terebratula latissima
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Cyrtothyris cyria
Cyrtothyris uniplicata (Walker 1870)
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 51.1° North, 1.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.8° North, 11.6° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Aptian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 3
*Epoch:Gallic
Key time interval:Aptian
Age range of interval:125.00000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Lower Greensand Formation:Sandgate
Local section:Mill Point Local bed:x
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: approximately 6.5 ft. of section divided into 6 beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,phosphatic,green sandy "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:composite list for 6 beds
Metadata
Database number:1778
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-06-08 12:03:26 Last modified:2021-05-24 16:23:55
Access level:the public Released:1999-06-08 12:03:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

47. R. Casey. 1961. The stratigraphical palaeontology of the Lower Greensand. Palaeontology 3(4):487-621 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Carrano]