The stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Ferriby, Welton and Burnham formations north of the Humber, north-east England

SUMMARY New exposures in the Ferriby, Welton and Burnham formations of the Upper Cretaceous Chalk Group north of the Humber, north-east England, allow all but one of the gaps in the established lithostratigraphical sequence to be filled in. The lithological sequences logged here provide a firm framework for the first detailed account of the distribution of all major elements of the macrofauna. An informal subdivision of the Hagenowia rostrata Biozone is introduced.

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