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THE ESSEX NATURALIST
A Fossil Molluscan Fauna at Purfleet, Essex
By A. J. R. Snelling
8 Kennet Close, Cranham, Essex
Introduction
In the early 1960s the removal of the drift cover from the surface of the
chalk in the pit known as Greenlands (Grid reference TQ 568785) situated
on the north side of the Purfleet By-Pass (A.126) led to the exposure of a
section containing rich shell beds. I collected samples from all levels during
early 1965 and these were analysed by the late Mr C. P. Castell of the
Department of Palaeontology, British Museum (Natural History), South
Kensington, S.W.7. The purpose of this short paper is to describe the
section and its fauna.
Description of the Exposure
The surface deposits exposed in the pit are part of a spread described
by the Geological Survey at Taplow Gravel (Fig. 1), but it is clear, how-
Figure 1