Woolwich Shell Beds, Well Hall, England: Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Oichnus simplex
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R category | ||||||
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Oichnus paraboloides
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O category | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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? Paracyathus sp.
Edwards and Haime 1848
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R category | ||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cytherideidae
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Vetustocytheridea lignitarum
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C category | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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F category | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea tenera
(Sowerby 1819)
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A category | ||||||
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Ostrea bellovacina
Lamarck 1806
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A category | ||||||
| recombined as Ostrea (Bellostrea) bellovacina | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia depressa
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F category | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus mitchelli
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S category | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Lentidium arnouldi
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R category | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Cyrtopleura levesquei
(Watelet 1851)
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R category | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Scrobiculabra condamini
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C category | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Corbiculidae
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Polymesoda cordata
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A category | ||||||
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Polymesoda strigosa
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P category | ||||||
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Corbicula cuneiformis
(Sowerby 1817)
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A category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Viviparidae
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Viviparus suessoniensis
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R category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Iravadiidae
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Pasitheola aff. pourcyensis
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R category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Amnicolidae
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Lapparentia cochlearella
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R category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hydrobiidae
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Bythinella parkinsoni
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O category | ||||||
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Hydrobia websteri
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A category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Pollia lata
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| spelled with current rank as Cantharus (Pollia) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Melanopsidae
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Melanopsis antidiluviana
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O category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Tympanotonos funatus
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C category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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Brotia melanioides
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C category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Sigapatella echinulatum
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O category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula lignitarum
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R category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Odostomia sp.
Fleming 1817
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R category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Planorbis hemistoma
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O category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Valvatidae
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Valvata sp.
Müller 1774
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R category | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Neritoplica uniplicata
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R category | ||||||
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Pictoneritina pisiformis
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S category | ||||||
| reassigned as Clithon (Pictoneritina) | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 51.5° North, 0.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.3° North, 1.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Woolwich and Reading | Local bed: | Woolwich Shell Beds | Regional bed: | 6-12 |
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Woolwich shell beds are located midway up the Woolwich and Reading FM. It lies over the Reading beds and below the striped loam beds. The woolwich and Reading Fm lies below the Oldhaven and London Clay FMs. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination,black,gray unlithified claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: grey, black clays with abundant fossils, often laminated; grey coarse sand with scattered pebbles | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,core,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:The specimens are catagorized as follows: A = abundandt; C = common; F = frequent; O = occasional; S = scarce; R = rare; P = present but anundancy not determined; L = local;ly present. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 8083 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Ivany | Enterer: | E. Kowalski |
| Modifier: | C. Visaggi | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-06-19 07:22:17 | Last modified: | 2004-03-11 16:25:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 541. | S. Tracey. 1986. Lower Tertiary strata exposed in a temporary excavation at Well Hall, Eltham, south east London. Tertiary Research 7(4):107-123 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski] |