Waterworks Corner: Ypresian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Bairdopilata gliberti
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Trachylebreridea prestwichiana
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Marginulina enbornensis
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5 %-specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Cristellaria (Marginulina) | ||||||||||
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Ataxophragmiidae
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Karreriella danica
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2 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Pseudogaudryinidae
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Pseudoclavulina anglica
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4 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cibicididae
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Cibicides westi
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14 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Cibicides sulzensis
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14 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Alabaminidae
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Osangularia sp.
Brotzen 1940
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10 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Alabamina obtusa
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1 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Nodosariata
- Nodosariida
- Nodosariidae
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Dentalina sp.
d'Orbigny 1826
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2 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Nodosaria latejugata
Gümbel 1870
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1 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Nodosariata
- Vaginulinida
- Vaginulinidae
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Lenticulina sp.
Lamarck 1804
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40 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Spiroplectamminidae
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Spiroplectammina adamski
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3 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Pennatulacea
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Graphularia wetherelli
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Nephropidae
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Hoploparia gammaroides
M'Coy 1849
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Zanthopsidae
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Zanthopsis leachii
(Desmarest 1822)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Zanthopsis bispinosa
M'Coy 1849
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cytherideidae
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Schuleridea perforata
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cytherettidae
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Cytheretta scrobiculoplicata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Brachycytheridae
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Pterygocythereis fimbriata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Cythereis (Pterygocythereis) | ||||||||||
| Pterygocythereis fimbriata laminosa | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Trachyleberididae
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Hazelina aranea
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Trachyleberis spiniferrima
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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? Agrenocythere bowerbankiana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Brachycythere triangulare
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29 specimens | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Platycopida
- Cytherellidae
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Cytherella londinensis
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25 specimens | |||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Calanticomorpha
- Calanticidae
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Euscalpellum minutum
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Ditrupa plana
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula sp.
Bruguiére 1797
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Terebratulina wardenensis
Elliott 1938
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52 specimens | |||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cyclostomata
- Entalophoridae
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Entalophora cf. tergemina
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Adeonidae
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Adeonellopsis wetherelli
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Batoporidae
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Batopora clithridiata
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Vinculariidae
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Vincularia sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Lunulitidae
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Lunulites sp.
Lamarck 1816
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium nitens
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras centrale
(Sowerby 1812)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana amygdaloides
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula bowerbankii
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Nucula compressa
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia scabrosa
Wood 1861
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Heteranomia scabrosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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? Bathyarca impolita
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Arcopagia sp. n. sp.
Leach 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra splendens
(Sowerby 1837)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar cf. sulcatarius
(Deshayes 1825)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Thyasiridae
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Thyasira goodhalli
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa consors
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Amaea sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Opalia sp. n. sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira glaucinoides
(Sowerby 1812)
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26 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Tibia sublucida
(Lowry et al. 1866)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Tibia (Eotibia) sublucida | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutilithes protensus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cochlespiridae
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Cochlespira volgeri
(Edwards 1861)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Ancistrosyrinx volgeri | ||||||||||
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Cochlespira terebralis
(Lamarck 1804)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Ancistrosyrinx terebralis | ||||||||||
| Cochlespira terebralis var. ditropis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Turricula acuminata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Turricula helix
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Turricula symmetrica
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Bathytoma granata
(Edwards 1861)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Gemmula simillima
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Eopleurotoma konickii
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Surculites velatus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Surculites errans
(Solander 1766)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Euthriofusus transversarius
Wrigley 1925
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Wrigleya transversaria | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Streptochetus cymatodis
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21 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Turricula teretrium
(Edwards 1857)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Priscoficus smithii
(Sowerby 1827)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Priscoficus smithi | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis striata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Melanella sp. n. sp.
Bowdich 1822
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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? Rictaxis sp.
Dall 1871
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Spiratellidae
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Spiratella mercinensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica pulchra
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Essex |
| Coordinates: | 51.7° North, 0.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.2° North, 2.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | London Clay | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: This outcrop can be placed only tentatively.
age for London Clay updated by Ivany to Ypresian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | deformed bedding,bioturbation poorly lithified claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: stiff, hard, clay with sporadic silt streaks containing three types of nodules, septaria (argillaceous limestone), phosphatic nodules, pyrite nodules. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 8025 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Ivany | Enterer: | E. Kowalski |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-06-14 09:16:30 | Last modified: | 2019-08-11 23:13:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-06-14 09:16:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 534. | C. King and A. D. King. 1976. A London Clay Section at Waterworks Corner, Woodford, Essex. Tertiary Research 1(1):21-24 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski] |