WOsgsg-Greensand: Aptian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Smiloorochus austeni
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originally entered as "Smilotrochus austeni" | ||||||||||
Zonatula brydonei
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Calcarea
- Calcaronea
- Stellispongiidae
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Oculospongia dilatata
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Synopella pulvinaria
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synonym of Tremospongia | ||||||||||
Peronidella ramosa
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Peronidella gillieroni
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Peronidella prolifera
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Elasmocoelia crassa
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synonym of Elasmoierea | ||||||||||
Elasmocoelia mantelli
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synonym of Elasmoierea | ||||||||||
Calcarea
- Calcaronea
- Endostomatidae
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Corynella foraminosa
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synonym of Endostoma | ||||||||||
Raphidonema farringdonense
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Raphidonema macropora
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Raphidonema porcatum
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Raphidonema contortum
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Raphidonema pustulatum
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Calcarea
- Calcaronea
- Sphaerocoeliidae
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Barroisia anastomosans
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Barroisia irregularis
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Barroisia clavata
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Actinostromariidae
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Actinostromaria faringdonensis n. sp.
Thomas 1971
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Thomas 1971 | |||||||||
Demospongiae
- Burgundiidae
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Burgundia sp.
Dehorne 1916
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Astrocoenia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Anglonautilus undulatus
(Sowerby 1813)
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Eutrephoceras sublaevigatum
(d'Orbigny 1850)
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnopseidae
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Neohibolites ewaldi
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Parahoplitidae
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Parahoplites maximus
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Parahoplites nutfieldensis
(Sowerby 1815)
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recombined as Parahoplites nutfieldiensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Gryphaeostrea canaliculata
(Sowerby 1813)
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original and current combination Chama canaliculata | ||||||||||
Exogyra conica
(Sowerby 1813)
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recombined as Amphidonte conica | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Lopha diluviana
(Linnaeus 1767)
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recombined as Rastellum diluvianum | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchonellidae
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Rhynchonella depressa
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Cyclothyrididae
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Cyclothyris latissima
(Sowerby 1829)
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original and current combination Terebratula latissima | ||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Thecideida
- Thecidellinidae
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Bifolium faringdonense
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Sellithyrididae
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Praelongithyris praelongiforma
Middlemiss 1959
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Cyrtothyris cyrta
(Walker 1868)
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Cyrtothyris uniplicata
(Walker 1870)
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Cyrtothyris cantabridgiensis
(Walker 1870)
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Zeilleriidae
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Ornithella juddi
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebrataliidae
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Gemmarcula aurea
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Arenaciarcula fittoni
(Meyer 1864)
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Lichenoporidae
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Multigalea canui
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Stomatoporidae
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Stomatopora calypso
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Oncousoeciidae
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Proboscina coarctata
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Proboscina crassa
(Roemer 1839)
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Eleidae
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Meliceritites fungiformis
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synonym of Meliceritites | ||||||||||
Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Diaperoeciidae
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Diaperoecia orbifera
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Multisparsidae
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Reptoclausa hagenowi
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Diastoporidae
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Cellulipora spissa
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Berenicea faringdonensis
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Berenicea tenella
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Tretocycloeciidae
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Tretocycloecia densa
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Cerioporidae
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Heteropora clavata
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Tholopora virgulosa
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Tholopora thomasi
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Ceriopora faringdonensis
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Ceriopora collis
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Ceriopora dimorphocella
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Heteroporidae
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Seminodicrescis nodosa
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Petaloporidae
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Laterocavea dutempleana
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Cidaris faringdonensis
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Cidaris coxwellensis
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Echinoidea
- Pseudodiadematidae
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Tetragramma rotulare
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Echinoidea
- Salenioida
- Hyposaleniidae
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Hyposalenia wrighti
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Hyposalenia lardyi
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Hyposalenia stellulata
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
Coordinates: | 51.7° North, 1.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 41.3° North, 9.3° 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 | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Faringdon Sponge Gravels |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | current ripples lithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 1854 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | K. Layou, U. Merkel |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-06-10 08:35:43 | Last modified: | 2021-05-24 16:28:21 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-06-10 08:35:43 |
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] |
Secondary references:
52872 | S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Manojlovic] | |
33298 | H. D. Thomas. 1971. A new stromatoporoid (Actinostromaria faringdonensis) from the Lower Greensand of England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 82(1):13-15 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |