Cliffend, Middle Barton Beds, D, Hampshire: Bartonian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Entaliopsis) striatum
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odontostomia sp. Jefferys 1839
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Solariaxis canaliculatus
spelled with current rank as Architectonica (Solariaxis)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula parva
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Drillia granulata (Lamarck 1804)
recombined as Crassispira (Tripia) granulata
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Turritella imbricataria Lamarck 1804
recombined as Haustator imbricataria
Gastropoda - Pachychilidae
Faunus rigidus
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima sp. Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea aperta (Solander 1766)
recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus nexilis (Solander and Brander 1766)
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Sassia arguta
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Hippochrenes amplus (Solander in Brander 1766)
recombined as Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutospina ambigua
spelled with current rank as Athleta (Volutospina)
Volutospina lucta
spelled with current rank as Athleta (Volutospina)
V. lucta rix
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex tricarinatus Lamarck 1803
recombined as Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus tricarinatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Sycostoma pyrus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes longaevus
Clavilithes macrospira
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia innexa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Bela juncea
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Asthenotoma zonulata (Edwards 1861)
Bathytoma turbida (Solander in Brander 1766)
recombined as Epalxis (Bathytoma) turbida
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Hemipleurotoma callifera
synonym of Gemmula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Surcula crassicosta
synonym of Turricula
Surcula exorta
synonym of Turricula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Admete (Bonellitia) evulsa Solander 1766
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra parva
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Euspira) labellata Lamarck 1804
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bullinella constricta
Bullinella elliptica
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Volvulella lanceolata
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda" minima
synonym of Nuculana
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula bisulcata Sowerby 1850
recombined as Nucula (Nuculoma) bisulcata
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiola cf. dimidiata Münster 1841
recombined as Modiolus dimidiatus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plicata (Solander 1766)
recombined as Cubitostrea plicata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bicorbula gallica (Lamarck 1801)
recombined as Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica
Corbula ficus (Solander 1766)
recombined as Ficusocorbula ficus
Corbula cf. costata
Corbula cf. lamarcki
Corbula pisum
Corbula rugosa Lamarck 1806
recombined as Notocorbula rugosa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista transversa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari compressa
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites sulcatus
synonym of Crassatella
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sulcata (Solander 1766)
recombined as Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Lichenoporidae
Lichenopora gregoryi
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Lunulites transiens
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula extensa
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus sp. Harlan 1834
Halstead and Middleton 1972 1 specimen
bed D or E
    = ? Basiloterus hussaini Gingerich et al. 1997
Gingerich et al. 1997
questionably referred to Basiloterus hussaini
Reptilia - Testudines
? Argillochelys sp. Lydekker 1889
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
vertebrae
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Otolithus (Macrurus) aff. gracilis Schubert 1905
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
Otolithus (Berycidarum) bartonensis Frost 1934
recombined as Eosolea bartonensis
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Otolithus (Sparidarum) gregarius (Koken 1891)
original and current combination Pagellus gregarius
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis cuspidata (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Odontaspis macrota (Agassiz 1838)
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
Lamna obliqua (Agassiz 1838)
original and current combination Otodus obliquus
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia forbesi
Turbinolia fredericiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
unclassified
Plantae indet. wood, root Haeckel 1866
wood and rhizomes
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Hampshire
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 1.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.6° North, 5.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:0 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Bartonian Nannofossil zone: NP 17
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Barton Clay Member:Naish
Local section:Barton Local bed:D
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: this bed is 20 ft thick, the lettering of the beds starts with the lowest Barton beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,ferruginous,shelly/skeletal sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: there's a layer of concretions at the base of this bed, it's followed by dark clays becoming increasingly sandy and ferruginous towards the middle portion. Fossils occur in thin impersistent layers.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: In the introduction, Burton says that he is reporting fauna "the horizons of which are known to the author", and states that he has collected 480 specimens. It is also clear that he is pulling from other sources, some published (in difficult to obtain British journals), some not. It's difficult to tell which are his and which aren't. This is not a definitive source for this collection, but I think it's a reasonable place to start.
Metadata
Database number:42641
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen Enterer:E. Leckey, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2004-08-03 11:54:01 Last modified:2015-04-08 15:33:27
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-03 11:54:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11344. E. S.t. J. Burton. 1933. Faunal Horizons of the Barton Beds in Hampshire. Proceedings of the Geologist's Association 44:131-167 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

60105% 980P. D. Gingerich, M. Arif, M. A. Bhatti, M. Anwar, and W. J. Sanders. 1997. Basilosaurus drazindai and Basiloterus hussaini, new archaeoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Middle Eocene Drazinda Formation, with a revised interpretation of ages of whale-bearing strata in the Kirthar Group of the Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(2):55-81 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
60335% 38860L. B. Halstead and J. Middleton. 1972. Notes on fossil whales from the upper Eocene of Barton, Hampshire. Circular - Geologists' Association (London), Colchester 83(2):185-190 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Head]