Article: Shallow-water Cretaceous brachiopods from Rockall Bank, North Atlantic
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
23
Part:
2
Publication Date:
May
1980
Page(s):
463
–
470
Author(s):
George E. Farrow and Ellis F. Owen
Abstract
A shallow-water fauna of terebratulide brachiopods, bryozoans, and bivalves is described from the western margin of Rockall Bank, occurring in phosphatized ferruginous sandstones of 'greensand' facies. 'Cameithyris' rockallensis sp. nov. suggests a date of Upper Cretaceous age, possibly as young as Maastrichtian. A glacial origin is possible.