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Lower Greensand - Walpen Clay and Sand, Isle of Wight, England, UK

FormationLower Greensand
MemberWalpen Clay and Sand
Age:125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
IntervalAptian
Lithologysandstone, "shale"
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences16

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
PB3-GreensandIsle of Wight, England, UKLower Greensand - Walpen Clay and Sand

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Lower Greensand - Atherfield Clay125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		shale72
Lower Greensand - Cliff-end Sands125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		shale1
Lower Greensand - Crackers125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		shale50
Lower Greensand - Ferruginous Bands of Blackgang Chine125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		sandstone9
Lower Greensand - Lower Crioceras Bed125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		sandstone13
Lower Greensand - Lower Gryphaea125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		sandstone17
Lower Greensand - Lower Lobster Bed125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		shale14
Lower Greensand - Perna Beds125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		sandstone19
Lower Greensand - Sands of Walpen Undercliff125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		sandstone3
Lower Greensand - Scaphites125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		sandstone/"shale", sandstone31
Lower Greensand - Upper Crioceras Beds125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		sandstone11
Lower Greensand - Upper Gryphaea125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		sandstone1
Lower Greensand - Upper Lobster Beds125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		shale7
Lower Greensand - Walpen and Ladder Sands125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		sandstone17
Lower Greensand - Carstone109 - 105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		sandstone23

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Arca sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Arca125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cucullaea sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Cucullaeidae : Cucullaea125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Panopea sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hiatellida : Hiatellidae : Panopea125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Thetironia sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Mactromyidae : Thetironia125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Mimachlamys robinaldina
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys : Mimachlamys robinaldina125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Resatrix sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Resatrix125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tonohamites aequicingulatus
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Ancyloceratidae : Tonohamites : Tonohamites aequicingulatus125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tropaeum (Tropaeum) bowerbanki
species		7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Ancyloceratidae : Tropaeum : Tropaeum (Tropaeum) bowerbanki125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Dufrenoyia sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Deshayesitidae : Dufrenoyia125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cheloniceras sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Douvilleiceratidae : Cheloniceras125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Casey R. (1961) The stratigraphical palaeontology of the Lower Greensand, Palaeontology 3 4, 487-621
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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