WOsgsg-Greensand: Aptian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Smiloorochus austeni
originally entered as "Smilotrochus austeni"
Zonatula brydonei
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Oculospongia dilatata
Synopella pulvinaria
synonym of Tremospongia
Peronidella ramosa
Peronidella gillieroni
Peronidella prolifera
Elasmocoelia crassa
synonym of Elasmoierea
Elasmocoelia mantelli
synonym of Elasmoierea
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Endostomatidae
Corynella foraminosa
synonym of Endostoma
Raphidonema farringdonense
Raphidonema macropora
Raphidonema porcatum
Raphidonema contortum
Raphidonema pustulatum
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Sphaerocoeliidae
Barroisia anastomosans
Barroisia irregularis
Barroisia clavata
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Actinostromariidae
Actinostromaria faringdonensis n. sp. Thomas 1971
Thomas 1971
Demospongiae - Burgundiidae
Burgundia sp. Dehorne 1916
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Anglonautilus undulatus (Sowerby 1813)
Eutrephoceras sublaevigatum (d'Orbigny 1850)
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Neohibolites ewaldi
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Parahoplitidae
Parahoplites maximus
Parahoplites nutfieldensis (Sowerby 1815)
recombined as Parahoplites nutfieldiensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea canaliculata (Sowerby 1813)
original and current combination Chama canaliculata
Exogyra conica (Sowerby 1813)
recombined as Amphidonte conica
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha diluviana (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Rastellum diluvianum
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella depressa
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Cyclothyris latissima (Sowerby 1829)
original and current combination Terebratula latissima
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae
Bifolium faringdonense
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Praelongithyris praelongiforma Middlemiss 1959
Cyrtothyris cyrta (Walker 1868)
Cyrtothyris uniplicata (Walker 1870)
Cyrtothyris cantabridgiensis (Walker 1870)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Ornithella juddi
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Gemmarcula aurea
Arenaciarcula fittoni (Meyer 1864)
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Lichenoporidae
Multigalea canui
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora calypso
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Oncousoeciidae
Proboscina coarctata
Proboscina crassa (Roemer 1839)
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Eleidae
Meliceritites fungiformis
synonym of Meliceritites
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diaperoeciidae
Diaperoecia orbifera
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Multisparsidae
Reptoclausa hagenowi
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
Cellulipora spissa
Berenicea faringdonensis
Berenicea tenella
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Tretocycloeciidae
Tretocycloecia densa
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Cerioporidae
Heteropora clavata
Tholopora virgulosa
Tholopora thomasi
Ceriopora faringdonensis
Ceriopora collis
Ceriopora dimorphocella
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Heteroporidae
Seminodicrescis nodosa
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Petaloporidae
Laterocavea dutempleana
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris faringdonensis
Cidaris coxwellensis
Echinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
Tetragramma rotulare
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae
Hyposalenia wrighti
Hyposalenia lardyi
Hyposalenia stellulata
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]