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Holywell Nodular Chalk, East Devon, Devon, England, UK
Formation | Holywell Nodular Chalk |
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Age: | 101 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Interval | Late Cretaceous |
Tectonic Setting | Cratonic basin |
Lithology | limestone |
Number of Collections | 3 |
Number of Occurrences | 18 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Holywell Nodular Chalk-Hooken Cliff | East Devon, Devon, England, UK | Holywell Nodular Chalk |
Holywell Nodular Chalk-Beer Roads | East Devon, Devon, England, UK | Holywell Nodular Chalk |
Holywell Nodular Chalk-Shapwick Grange Quarry | East Devon, Devon, England, UK | Holywell Nodular Chalk |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Lewes Nodular Chalk | 89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | limestone | 26 |
New Pit Chalk | 101 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | marl | 13 |
Recorded Fossils
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!