Lee-on-the-Solent, Selsey Formation, L7i: Lutetian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula spp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Clavilithes cylindricus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Athleta sp.
Conrad 1853
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Hampshire |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 1.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.6° North, 4.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Bracklesham | Formation: | Selsey | Local bed: | 7i |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Kemp calls the Selsey a "division", Hooker, 1996 calls it a formation. This bed is within the "PinnaBed" and has a thickness of 0.57 m. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic silty,sandy claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | bioturbation,glauconitic,pebbly,shelly/skeletal,gray,green argillaceous,silty sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: The Selsey formation is fine silty and sandy, glauconitic clay. This bed is dark green-grey glauconitic sandy clay-silty sand[honestly, that's what it says-EL], intensely bioturbated at base, with occasional round black pebbles and large molluscs above. | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | core,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 42108 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 41996 | ||
| Created: | 2004-07-23 12:39:27 | Last modified: | 2004-07-23 15:39:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-23 12:39:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11062. | D. Kemp. 1985. The Selsey Division (Bracklesham Group) at Lee-on-the-Solent, Gosport, (Hants). Tertiary Research 7(2):35-44 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |