Larkin & Donovan, 2016

Author(s):Larkin, N. R., Donovan, S. K.
Year:2016
Title:Palaeoecology of a reworked, Late Cretaceous inoceramid bivalve: Crimplesham, East Anglia, UK
Journal:Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
Volume:127
Number:3
Pages:391-394
Abstract

A flint erratic slab bearing a shell of the large inoceramid bivalve Volviceramus involutus (J. de C. Sowerby), with the valves oriented in a post-mortem ‘butterfly’ association, was collected from glacial float in an area of superficial deposits at Crimplesham, west Norfolk. This mollusc is typical of the Chalk and may be confined to the Coniacian. The shell is infested by encrusting oysters, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculare (Lamarck), and bryozoan borings, Foraripora pesavis Voigt and Soule. Infestation was most probably post-mortem.

Keywords:Bioerosion, Biogenic substrate, Bryozoa, Cretaceous, England, Paleontology, Trace fossils
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2016.02.011
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