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Selborne - Gault, England, UK
| Group | Selborne |
|---|---|
| Formation | Gault |
| Age: | 105 - 100 Ma Cretaceous |
| Interval | Late Albian |
| Lithology | carbonate |
| Number of Collections | 2 |
| Number of Occurrences | 4 |
Recorded Sample Locations
| Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
|---|---|---|
| Coldham Common | Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK | Selborne - Gault |
| Folkestone | Folkestone and Hythe District, Kent, England, UK | Selborne - Gault |
Associated Units
| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grey Chalk | 101 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | chalk | 1 |
| Chalk Marl | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | chalk, sandstone | 10 |
| Folkestone | 112 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 4 | |
| Gault | 105 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous | chalk, claystone | 12 |
| Greensand | 11.6 - 7.25 Ma Miocene | sandstone | 22 |
| Lower Chalk | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | marl, wackestone, lime mudstone, chalk | 184 |
| Lower Greensand - Folkestone | 112 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | sandstone/chert, sandstone, "shale", sandstone/ironstone, sandstone/"carbonate", sandstone/"shale", ironstone | 345 |
| Lower Greensand - Hythe Beds | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | carbonate, "shale"/"carbonate", "shale"/chert, sandstone | 87 |
| Lower Greensand - Sandgate | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | sandstone, "shale" | 237 |
| Chalk | 93.9 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | chalk, chalk/marl, mudstone | 38 |
| Chalk - Holywell Nodular Chalk - Melbourn Rock | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | chalk | 2 |
| Chalk - Lower Chalk | 93.9 - 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | chalk, chalk/sandstone | 28 |
Recorded Fossils
| Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
|---|---|---|
 Enaliornis barrettispecies | Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Hesperornithiformes : Enaliornis : Enaliornis barretti | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
| Enaliornis sedgwicki species | Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Hesperornithiformes : Enaliornis : Enaliornis sedgwicki | 105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous |
 Pterodactyloideasuborder | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Pterodactyloidea | 113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
 Lonchodectes platystomusspecies | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Lonchodectes : Lonchodectes platystomus | 113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
References
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!
