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Chalk Marl
| Formation | Chalk Marl |
|---|---|
| Age: | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Interval | Cenomanian |
| Lithology | chalk, sandstone |
| Number of Collections | 9 |
| Number of Occurrences | 10 |
Recorded Sample Locations
| Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
|---|---|---|
| Folkestone | Folkestone and Hythe District, Kent, England, UK | Chalk Marl |
| Margett's Pit | Kent, England, UK | Chalk Marl |
| Woodburn - Spongarian Zone | Scotland, UK | Chalk Marl |
| Wroxham Crag Formation fauna | Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK | Chalk Marl |
| Warminster [Chalk Marl] | France | Chalk Marl |
| Wilts [Chalk Marl] | Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, UK | Chalk Marl |
| Ventnor | Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, UK | Chalk Marl |
| Sussex [Chalk Marl] | East Sussex, England, UK | Chalk Marl |
| Cambridge area [Chalk Marl] | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK | Chalk Marl |
Associated Units
| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grey Chalk | 101 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | chalk | 1 |
| 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 |
| Crag - Norwich | 2.59 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | sandstone | 6 |
| Crag - Wroxham - Dobb's Plantation | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | sandstone | 1 |
| Crag - Wroxham - How Hill | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | sandstone | 3 |
| Crag - Wroxham - Mundesley | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | sandstone | 5 |
| Crag - Wroxham Crag | 2.59 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | sandstone | 1 |
| Selborne - Gault | 105 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous | carbonate | 4 |
Recorded Fossils
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!
