Also known as central channel, upper shelly clays

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 2.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Neustrian mammal zone, Brixton Member (Woolwich Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• interpreted to fall within PETM by Hooker 2018.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shelly/skeletal claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: chemical, sieve

• seeds and shells reported to be present

Primary reference: J. J. Hooker. 2013. Origin and evolution of the Pseudorhyncocyonidae, a European Paleogene family of insectivorous placental mammals. Palaeontology 56(4):807-835 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174239: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 06.11.2015, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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