Rockhall Wood: Zanclean, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Eumargarites trochoideus
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Metrarabdotosidae
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Metrarabdotos monilifera
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium clathratulum
(Turton 1806)
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| subspecies minutum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella incrassata
Sowerby 1814
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| recombined as Turritella (Haustator) incrassata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Caecidae
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Caecum mammillatum
Wood 1842
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Emarginula reticula
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Gibbula obconica
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis anomala
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| subspecies coxi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Heteranomia squamula
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula gibba
(Oliva 1792)
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| recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Timoclea ovata
(Pennant 1777)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula subtruncata
(da Costa 1778)
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| subspecies triangulata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Pteromeris corbis
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte triangulata
Meyer 1886
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Tursiops tursio
Bonnaterre 1789
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= Delphinidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Uhen 2500 | |||||||||
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Planorbulinidae
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Planorbulina mediterranensis
d'Orbigny 1826
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cibicididae
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Cibicides lobatulus
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Suffolk |
| Coordinates: | 52.0° North, 1.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.1° North, 0.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Coralline Crag | Member: | Ramsholt | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: late early Pliocene (Brunssumian) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphatic conglomeratic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ramsholt | ||
| Database number: | 55827 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-11-06 11:18:47 | Last modified: | 2020-06-05 15:40:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-06 11:18:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24709. | R. Lydekker. 1887. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum (Natural History) 5:1-345 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 15082 | P. S. Balson. 1990. The Neogene of East Anglia - a field excursion report. Tertiary Research 11(2-4):179-189 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 26340 | P. L. Gibbard, J. A. Zalasiewcz, and S. J. Mathers. 1998. Stratigraphy of the marine Plio-Pleistocene crag deposits of East Anglia. Mededelingen Neerlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO 60:239-262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |