Bramerton Borehole (1070 ft), Bramerton [Norwich Crag] (Pleistocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.6° N, 1.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 52.2° N, 1.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Norwich Crag Formation (Crag Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Norwich Crag of the Crag Series, which locally unconformably overlies chalk (Cretaceous or Paleogene?). AGE: Early Pleistocene, Icenian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From zone BM1, 1070 ft below surface

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lower shell bed: occasional clay bands; basement bed below. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of facies description of sample preparation.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Funnell in 1958

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTOR: Funnell, 1958. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: P. E. Norton. 1967. Marine Molluscan Assemblages in the Early Pleistocene of Sidestrand, Bramerton and the Royal Society Borehole at Ludham, Norfolk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 253(784):161-200 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98039: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated nomenclature but with species resolution identifications.
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unclassified
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? Patina pellucida
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides tricinctus icenicus
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Gibbula sp.
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail
 Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
Retusa sp.
Retusa sp. Brown 1827 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Nucella lapillus
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina littorea
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Cingula sp., "Rissoa curticostata" = Rissoa (Turboella) curticostata
Cingula sp. Fleming 1818 snail
"Rissoa curticostata" = Rissoa (Turboella) curticostata Wood 1848 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia ulvae
Hydrobia ulvae Pennat 1777 snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp., Yoldia oblongoides
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp.
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Lepton nitidium
Lepton nitidium kelly clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula sp., Spisula subtruncata
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
Spisula subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet., "Tellina praetenuis" = Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis, "Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
"Tellina praetenuis" = Macoma (Macoma) praetenuis Leathes in Woodward 1830 tellin clam
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra alba
Abra alba Wood 1802 abra
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp., "Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Pholadida - Myidae
Mya sp., "Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
cf. Astarte sp.
cf. Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam