Sfscx-Greensand: Albian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Nucleolitidae
Phyllobrissus artesianus
originally entered as "Phyllobrisus artesianus"
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
cf. Serpula adnata Wade 1926
originally entered as "Serpula cf. adnata"
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
Farnhamia sp. n. sp. Casey 1954
"spp. nov." - originally entered as "Farnhamia spp. nov."
Farnhamia farnhamensis Casey 1954
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae
Anadesmoceras sp. n. sp. Casey 1954
originally entered as "Anadesmoceras sp. nov."
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae
Hypacanthoplites sp. n. sp. Spath 1923
"spp. nov." - originally entered as "Hypacanthoplites spp. nov."
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras sp. n. sp. Hyatt 1894
"sp. nov.?" - originally entered as "Eutrephoceras sp. nov.?"
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia arduennensis
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Margarites mirabilis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Resatrix sp. Casey 1952
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Thetironia minor (Sowerby 1826)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus aequalis (Sowerby 1818)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma pectinatum
original and current combination Avicula (Oxytoma)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula sabulosa n. sp.
"sabulosa sp. nov." - originally entered as "Limatula sabulosa sp. nov."
Acesta longa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia pseudoradiata d'Orbigny 1850
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea canaliculata (Sowerby 1813)
original and current combination Chama canaliculata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca dupiniana
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris umbonata
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Cerioporidae
Heteropora michelini
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa
cf. Plocoscyphia labrosa (Smith 1848)
recombined as Plectascus labrosus
originally entered as "Plocoscyphia cf. labrosa"
Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
Doryderma sp. Zittel 1878
Demospongiae - Ancorinida - Ancorinidae
cf. Stelletta inclusa
originally entered as "Stelletta cf. inclusa"
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 51.2° North, 0.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.6° North, 4.3° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
*Epoch:Gallic
Key time interval:Albian
Age range of interval:113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Lower Greensand Formation:Folkestone
Local section:Coxbridge Local bed:x
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:current ripples,glauconitic,phosphatic argillaceous sandstone
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
Metadata
Database number:1844
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-06-10 06:58:11 Last modified:2021-05-24 16:16:10
Access level:the public Released:1999-06-10 06:58:11
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]