Hordle Cliff shell bed (within Mammal Bed), Hampshire: Priabonian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Potamomya sp.
unclassified
Paludinae indet.
author has this listed as a genus
Reptilia - Crocodilia
Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emys sp. Dumeril 1806
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
vertebrae
Reptilia - Serpentes
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758
vertebrae
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
isolated teeth
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
jaws
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Hampshire
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 1.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.2° North, 5.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Priabonian
Age range of interval: 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Headon Beds Member:Mammal Bed
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: this horizon occurs immediately above the ironstone band (number 8 in Tawney and Keeping, 1883) which is usually considered to mark the base of the Mammal Bed. Age is Upper Eocene (Lower Ludian).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal packstone
Secondary lithology:concretionary,ferruginous sandy,calcareous claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: the Headon Beds are predominantly clays, with varying amounts of sand, limestone and ironstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: In 1852, the Marchioness of Hastings published an almost identical paper to her 1853 report. I used the later English version, but the earlier paper is the more primary reference.
Taxonomic list comments:very similar composition to the unit just below the lower ironstone band
Metadata
Also known as:Hordwell
Database number:39667
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:E. Leckey
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Subset of collection #:28747
Created:2004-06-02 09:59:55 Last modified:2022-02-01 06:47:06
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-02 09:59:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10789. M. Hastings. 1853. On the Tertiary Beds of Hordwell, Hampshire. Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Fourth Series 6(36):1-11 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]

Secondary references:

10423 P. E. Cray. 1973. Marsupialia, Insectivora, Primates, Creodonta and Carnivora from the Headon Beds (upper Eocene) of southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology Series 23(1):1-102 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]