Herne Bay (London Clay): Early/Lower Eocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Platychoerops richardsoni n. gen., n. sp.
Charlesworth 1855
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 51.4° North, 1.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.8° North, 1.4° 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 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | London Clay | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "London Clay": the London Clay at Herne Bay consists of just two beds, the Basement Bed and Division B (http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2731) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: the Basement Bed (a glauconitic sand including pyritized wood, many fish teeth, and mollusc casts) and Division B (a laminated shaley clay including pyritized wood) (http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2731) | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 87930 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-29 10:52:32 | Last modified: | 2009-03-29 12:52:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-29 10:52:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29567. | R. Lydekker. 1885. Note on the generic identity of the genus Esthonyx Cope with Platychoerops Charlesworth (= Miolophus Owen). Geological Magazine 2(8):360-361 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |