Atherfield Clay
269 distinct taxa, from 679 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 121–113 Mya.
England · UK
269 taxa · 679 fossils · 121–113 MyaFiled under the Lower Greensand Group. Members recorded: Crackers, Perna Beds, Upper Lobster Bed, Lower Lobster Bed, Perna, Lower Lobster, Upper Lobster, Chale Clay.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Lower Greensand Group, and dates it 121–113 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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10 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
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What has been found
- Deshayesites
- Resatrix
- Prodeshayesites
- Anomia laevigata
- Atherfieldastacus magnus
- Pinna robinaldina
- Venilicardia
- Aptolinter
- Roloboceras hambrovi
- Sphaera corrugata
- Toxaster fittoni
- Globularia sublaevigata
- Isognomon (Mulletia) mulleti
- Panopea (Myopsis) plicata
- Parmicorbula striatula
- Tessarolax
- Aetostreon latissimum
- Deshayesites deshayesi
- Dimorphosoma
- Falcimytilus lanceolata
- Freiastarte
- Hoploparia longimana
- Mactromya
- Nemocardium ibbetsoni
- Perissoptera robinaldina
- Pholadomya gigantea
- Pseudoptera
- Pterotrigonia
- Sarcinella plexus
- Senis wharburtoni
- Thetironia minor
- Ancyloceras mantelli
- Camptonectes (Camptonectes) cottaldinus
- Fenestricardita fenestrata
- Gervillia
- Holocystis elegans
- Longinuculana spathulata
- Mediraon
- Megacucullaea
- Mesosaccella scapha
The 40 most often recorded, of 269.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.