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Dover , Dover, Kent, England, UK

Lat/Long (Decimal)51.128,1.31
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationEngland
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Dover, Kent, England, UK

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Dover (Cortestudinarium Zone)Pettitt N. E. (1950)Chalk - Upper ChalkFormation name remains in use but is considered obsolete onshore by the BGS.chalk89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dover (Planus Zone)Pettitt N. E. (1954)Chalk - Upper ChalkUpper Chalk remains in informal use, but is obsolete onshore according to the BGSchalk93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dover (Middle Chalk)Pettitt N. E. (1954)Chalk - Middle ChalkFormation name remains in informal use but is regarded as obsolete onshorechalk93.9 - 89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dover (NM)Sklenar J., Simon E. (2009)Chalk - Middle Chalkchalk93.9 - 89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Grey Chalk Dover DecapodsWoodward H.chalk93.9 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dover, rhotomagense ZoneOwen E. F. (1988)chalk99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Echinodermata, Grey Chalk Member, C15-21, Akers Steps, KentGale A. S. (2005)Lower Chalk - Grey Chalkcouplet C15-21, Turrilites acutus subzonewackestone99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Echinodermata, Lower Chalk, Dover, KentGale A. S. (2005)Lower Chalkwackestone99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dover (Lower Chalk)Pettitt N. E. (1954)Chalk - Lower ChalkFormation name remains in informal use but is regarded as obsolete onshorechalk100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
EKac-GreensandCasey R. (1961)Lower Greensand - Atherfield Claygenerally poor outcrop exposure"shale"125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Squilla sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Stomatopoda : Squillidae : Squilla93.9 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Orbirhynchia cuvieri
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Basiliolidae : Orbirhynchia : Orbirhynchia cuvieri93.9 - 89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Orbirhynchia dispansa
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Basiliolidae : Orbirhynchia : Orbirhynchia dispansa93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Orbirhynchia mantelliana
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Basiliolidae : Orbirhynchia : Orbirhynchia mantelliana99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Orbirhynchia obscura
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Basiliolidae : Orbirhynchia : Orbirhynchia obscura100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Orbirhynchia orbignyi
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Basiliolidae : Orbirhynchia : Orbirhynchia orbignyi93.9 - 89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Orbirhynchia parva
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Basiliolidae : Orbirhynchia : Orbirhynchia parva100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Orbirhynchia praedispansa
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Basiliolidae : Orbirhynchia : Orbirhynchia praedispansa93.9 - 89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Orbirhynchia reedensis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Basiliolidae : Orbirhynchia : Orbirhynchia reedensis93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Monticlarella brevirostris
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Norellidae : Monticlarella : Monticlarella brevirostris99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cretirhynchia (Lewesirhynchia) octoplicata
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Cretirhynchia : Cretirhynchia (Lewesirhynchia) octoplicata89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cretirhynchia minor
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Cretirhynchia : Cretirhynchia minor93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cretirhynchia subplicata
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Cretirhynchia : Cretirhynchia subplicata89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gyrosoria lata
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Cancellothyrididae : Gyrosoria : Gyrosoria lata93.9 - 89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Terebratulina protostriatula
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Cancellothyrididae : Terebratulina : Terebratulina protostriatula99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Chrispaulia radiatus
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Paxillosida : Goniopectinidae : Chrispaulia : Chrispaulia radiatus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Resatrix sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Resatrix125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Toxoceratoides sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Ancyloceratidae : Toxoceratoides125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Deshayesites sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Deshayesitidae : Deshayesites125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Roloboceras sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Douvilleiceratidae : Roloboceras125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Woodward H. Contributions to British Fossil Crustacea, The Geological Magazine 7 77, 493-497
Pettitt N. E. (1950) Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk, Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk, Part I 103 450, 1-26
Pettitt N. E. (1954) Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk, Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk, Part II 107 466, 27-52
Casey R. (1961) The stratigraphical palaeontology of the Lower Greensand, Palaeontology 3 4, 487-621
Owen E. F. (1988) Cenomanian brachiopods from the Lower Chalk of Britain and northern Europe, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 44 2, 65-175
Gale A. S. (2005) Chrispaulia, a new genus of mud star (Asteroidea, Goniopectinidae) from the Cretaceous of England, Geological Journal 40, 383-397
Sklenar J., Simon E. (2009) Brachiopod Gyrosoria Cooper, 1973- a comparative palaeoecological, stratigraphical and taxonomical study, Bulletin of Geosciences 84 3, 437-464
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!
 
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