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Lower Greensand - Hythe, England, UK

Group	Lower Greensand
Formation	Hythe
Age:	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Interval	Early Aptian
Lithology	limestone
Number of Collections	4
Number of Occurrences	15

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Rockhill Quarry	Ashford, Kent, England, UK	Lower Greensand - Hythe
Godstone	Godstone, Tandridge, Surrey, England, UK	Lower Greensand - Hythe
Hythe	East Hampshire, Hampshire, England, UK	Lower Greensand - Hythe
Maidstone	Maidstone, Kent, England, UK	Lower Greensand - Hythe

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Gastrochaenolites cluniformis species	7	Gastrochaenolites : *Gastrochaenolites cluniformis*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pinnites sp. genus	6	*Pinnites*	125.45 - 122.46 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Teredolites longissimus species	7	Teredolites : *Teredolites longissimus*	125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Terebratula sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebratulidae : *Terebratula*	125.45 - 122.46 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Iguanodontidae : Mantellisaurus : *Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis*	125.45 - 122.46 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Plesiosauria unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sauropterygia : Plesiosauria	125.45 - 122.46 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Protemys serrata species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Protemys : *Protemys serrata*	125.45 - 122.46 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Gervillia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Bakevelliidae : *Gervillia*	125.45 - 122.46 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Exogyra sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : *Exogyra*	125.45 - 122.46 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Trigonia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigoniidae : *Trigonia*	125.45 - 122.46 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tropaeum (Tropaeum) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Ancyloceratidae : Tropaeum : *Tropaeum (Tropaeum)*	125.45 - 122.46 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Coniferophyta phylum	2	Plantae : Coniferophyta	125.45 - 122.46 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Mantell G. A. Discovery of the bones of the Iguanodon in a quarry of Kentish Rag (a limestone belonging to the lower greensand formation) near Maidstone, Kent, Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 17 33, 200-201

Owen R. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous Formations. Part I. Chelonia (Lacertilia, etc.), The Palaeontographical Society, London 1851, 1-118

Etheridge R. , Manual of Geology: Theoretical and Practical. Part II. Stratigraphical Geology and Palaeontology. Charles Griffin and Company, London, 1-712

Owen R. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous formations. Supplement no. IV. Sauropterygia (Plesiosaurus), Palaeontographical Society Monographs 16 70, 1-18

Casey R. (1980) The Ammonoidea of the Lower Greensand, part IX, Palaeontographical Society Monographs 133, 633-660

Kelly S. R. A., Bromley R. G. (1984) Ichonological nomenclature of clavate borings, Palaeontology 27 4, 793-807

Jagt J. W. M., van Bakel W. M., et al (2007) Palaeodromites crypticus, a new early-middle Cenomanian dynomenid crab (Crustacea, Decapoda) from southern Belgium, Bulletin de L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 77, 77-82

Norman D. B. (2013) On the taxonomy and diversity of Wealden iguanodontian dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda), Revue de Paléobiologie 32 2, 385-404

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