Felixstow (reworked) (Miocene of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Felixstowe

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.0° N, 1.4° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 0.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• Some material in the Red Crag formation is thought to be reworked Miocene material.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: W. H. Flower. 1874. Description of the skull of a species of Halitherium (H. canhami) from the Red Crag of Suffolk. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 30:1-7 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 153047: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.12.2013

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Taxonomic list

• Taxa in this collection represent material thought to be reworked from the Miocene.
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Trichechidae
"Halitherium canhami n. sp." = Miosiren canhami
"Halitherium canhami n. sp." = Miosiren canhami Flower 1874 manatee
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon antverpiensis Van Beneden 1861 toothed whale