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New Pit Chalk, East Devon, Devon, England, UK
Formation | New Pit Chalk |
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Age: | 101 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Interval | Late Cretaceous |
Tectonic Setting | Cratonic basin |
Lithology | marl |
Number of Collections | 4 |
Number of Occurrences | 13 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Holywell Nodular Chalk-Beer Roads | East Devon, Devon, England, UK | New Pit Chalk |
New Pit Chalk-Lynch Cottage | East Devon, Devon, England, UK | New Pit Chalk |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Holywell Nodular Chalk | 101 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | limestone | 18 |
Lewes Nodular Chalk | 89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | limestone | 26 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Orbirhynchia sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Basiliolidae : Orbirhynchia | 100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Terebratulina sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Cancellothyrididae : Terebratulina | 100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Inoceramus cuvieri species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus : Inoceramus cuvieri | 100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Inoceramus lamarcki species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus : Inoceramus lamarcki | 100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Mytiloides sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Mytiloides | 100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Woods M. A. (2002) The macrofossil biostratigraphy of the Turonian and Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous, Chalk Group) of southeast Devon, Proceedings of the Geologists´Association 113 4, 333-344 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!