Blackheath Beds, Well Hall, England (Paleocene to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.5° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 45.3° N, 1.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Woolwich and Reading Formation, Early/Lower Paleocene to Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 58.7 Ma)

• The Blackheath beds are located at the top of the Woolwich and Reading FM. It lies over the striped loam beds. The woolwich and Reading Fm lies below the Oldhaven and London Clay FMs.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, gray, yellow sandstone

• variable alternating sequence of pale sands and pebble beds which are cross-stratified and locally trough-bedded.

Collection methods: bulk, core,

Primary reference: S. Tracey. 1986. Lower Tertiary strata exposed in a temporary excavation at Well Hall, Eltham, south east London. Tertiary Research 7(4):107-123 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8085: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 19.06.2000

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Taxonomic list

• The specimens are catagorized as follows: A = abundandt; C = common; F = frequent; O = occasional; S = scarce; R = rare; P = present but anundancy not determined
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unclassified
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Modiolis sp.
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula gracilenta
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea intermedia
Panopea intermedia Sowerby 1814 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bothrocorbula morrisi, Lentidium arnouldi
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Cyrtopleura levesquei, ? Teredina sp., Martesia sp.
Cyrtopleura levesquei Watelet 1851 clam
Martesia sp. Sowerby 1824 clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp.
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari sp.
Gari sp. Schumacher 1817 clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Scrobiculabra condamini
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina puella
Tellina puella tellin clam
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
"Tellinocyclas tellinoides" = Corbicula (Tellinocyclas), Corbicula cuneiformis, Corbicula cuneiformis
"Tellinocyclas tellinoides" = Corbicula (Tellinocyclas) clam
Corbicula cuneiformis Sowerby 1817 clam
Corbicula cuneiformis Sowerby 1817 clam
Corbicula cuneiformis forbesi
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris plumsteadiensis
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca aff. capillacea, Barbatia depressa
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea bellovacina" = Ostrea (Bellostrea) bellovacina, Crassostrea tenera
"Ostrea bellovacina" = Ostrea (Bellostrea) bellovacina Lamarck 1806 oyster
Crassostrea tenera Sowerby 1819 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus mitchelli, Semimodiola elegans
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira glaucinoides
Euspira glaucinoides Sowerby 1812 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Eopleurotoma sp.
Eopleurotoma sp. Cossmann 1889 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva fissurata, "Pollia lata" = Cantharus (Pollia)
"Pollia lata" = Cantharus (Pollia) true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia websteri
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Paludomus triticea
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis antidiluviana
 Cerithioidea - Brachytrematidae
Benoistia lunni
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Tympanotonos funatus
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Brotia melanioides
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Sigapatella echinulatum
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia sp.
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula lignitarum
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
"Pictoneritina pisiformis" = Clithon (Pictoneritina), Neritoplica uniplicata
"Pictoneritina pisiformis" = Clithon (Pictoneritina) snail
 Ichnofossils -
Ophiomorpha nodosa