Chichester Harbour, West Sussex: Ypresian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Crinoidea
- Isocrinida
- Cainocrinidae
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Cainocrinus tintinnabulum
Rasmussen 1972
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Ditrupa plana
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120 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Hercoglossidae
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Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi
(Wetherell 1843)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vasidae
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Ptychatractus interruptus
(Pilkington 1804)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Litiopidae
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? Litiopa sulculosa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "?Litiopa sulculosa" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella dixoni
Deshayes 1861
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Haustator dixoni | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira glaucinoides
(Sowerby 1812)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Tornus lucidus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Streptolathyrus cymatodis
(Edwards 1866)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Pollia morrisi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Cantharus (Pollia) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Bonellitia sp.
Jousseaume 1887
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Turricula acuminata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Hemipleurotoma taeniolata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Gemmula | ||||||||||
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Gemmula macrobia
(Edwards 1861)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Eopleurotoma flexuosa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Eopleurotoma rotundata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Hemipleurotoma simillima
(Edwards 1861)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Eopleurotoma simillima | ||||||||||
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cf. Fusiturris prestwichi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Fusiturris cf. prestwichi" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Aporrhais sowerbii
(Fleming 1828)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Tibia sublucida
(Lowry et al. 1866)
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Tibia (Eotibia) sublucida | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Priscoficus smithii
(Sowerby 1827)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Priscoficus smithi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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? Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "?Arca sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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? Nemocardium semigranulatum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Nemocardium? semigranulatum" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar sulcatarius
(Deshayes 1825)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Arctica planata
(Sowerby 1841)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Teredo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| found in wood | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Cultellus affinis
(Sowerby 1812)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea intermedia
(Sowerby 1814)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya sp.
Sowerby 1823
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | West Sussex |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 0.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° North, 3.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Eocene |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | London Clay | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Division C | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified claystone |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 3261 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-28 10:12:58 | Last modified: | 2019-08-11 23:08:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-28 10:12:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 152. | D. A. Bone. 1985. The London Clay and associated deposits exposed in Chichester Harbour (West Sussex). Tertiary Research 7(1):13-21 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou] |