Lee-on-the-Solent, Selsey Formation, L3vi-L4 (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 4.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Selsey Formation (Bracklesham Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Kemp calls the Selsey a "division", Hooker, 1996 calls it a formation. These beds are part of the "Silt Bed" , L3vi-L4
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; glauconitic, gray, silty, sandy claystone and bioturbated, glauconitic, pebbly, shelly/skeletal, silty, carbonaceous sandstone
• The Selsey formation is fine silty and sandy, glauconitic clay. The Silt Bed is grey-green silty glauconitic sand with Nipa and lignite gragments, mollusc moulds and vert remains, intensely bioturbated at upper contact with rare black pebbles throughout
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: sieve,
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41989: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 22.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Sharks: teth, vertebrae & cartilage Rays: dentitions, isolated teeth & spines
•Chimaeroids: plates & spines Teleosts: skulls, teeth, jaw parts, otoliths
•Reptiles: bones, carapace & skulls Birds: limb bones
•Mammals: teeth, jaw fragments & bones
Show authors, comments, and common names
| unclassified | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
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Squalus minor Daimeries 1888 dogfish shark
Isistius trituratus Winkler 1874 dogfish shark | |
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Squatina prima Winkler 1874 angel shark | |
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Alopias leensis thresher shark | |
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Hypotodus verticalis elasmobranch
Jaekelotodus trigonalis elasmobranch | |
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Triakis wardi elasmobranch | |
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Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray | |
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Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979 stingray
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 stingray
Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 stingray | |
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Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray | |
Dasyatis sp., "Dasyatis jaekeli" = Trygon jaekeli
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
"Dasyatis jaekeli" = Trygon jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray | |
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Rhinoptera sherborni White 1926 cownose ray | |
Myliobatis latidens, Myliobatis toliapicus, Myliobatis dixoni, Myliobatis striatus, Aetobatus sp., "Aetobatus irregularis" = Aetobatis irregularis
Myliobatis latidens Woodward 1888 eagle ray
Myliobatis toliapicus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis striatus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 eagle ray
"Aetobatus irregularis" = Aetobatis irregularis Agassiz 1843 eagle ray | |
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Rhinobatos bruxelliensis Jaekel 1894 guitarfish | |
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Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894 wedgefish | |
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Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish | |
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Notorhynchus kempi sevengill shark | |
"Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Otodus auriculatus
"Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Otodus auriculatus Blainville 1818 mackerel shark | |
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Isurolamna affinis mackerel shark | |
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Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mako shark
"Lamna" lerichei Casier 1946 mackerel shark | |
Odontaspis winkleri, "Eugomphodus macrotus" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus acutissima" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus substriata" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus hopei" = Carcharias
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
"Eugomphodus macrotus" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus acutissima" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus substriata" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus hopei" = Carcharias sand shark | |
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Palaeorhincodon wardi whale shark | |
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Hemiscyllium bruxelliense carpet shark | |
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Eostegostoma angusta carpet shark | |
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Physogaleus secundus requiem shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Abdounia lapierrei requiem shark
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1843 tiger shark | |
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Galeorhinus ypresiensis school shark
Galeorhinus recticonus Winkler 1873 school shark
Mustelus whitei hound shark | |
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Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark
"Heterodontus vincenti" = Cestracion vincenti Leriche 1905 bullhead shark
Heterodontus woodwardi Caiser 1956 bullhead shark | |
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Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 shark
Scyliorhinus gilberti Casier 1946 shark
Scyliorhinus pattersoni Cappetta 1976 shark | |
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Elasmodus kempi chimaera | |
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Amylodon sp. Storms 1894 chimaera | |
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Edaphodon minor plownose chimaera
Edaphodon leptognathus Agassiz 1843 plownose chimaera
Edaphodon bucklandi Agassiz 1843 plownose chimaera | |
| Actinopteri | |
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Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844 sturgeon | |
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Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760 conger eel | |
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Egertonia sp. Cocchi 1866 | |
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis Frost 1934 flatfish | |
Cybium sp., "Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti
Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895 | |
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Apogon bellovacinus Cardinalfish | |
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Prolates sp. Priem 1899 perch-like fish | |
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Aglyptorhynchus sp. Casier 1966 perch-like fish | |
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Sphyraenodus lerichei perch-like fish
Sphyraenodus striata perch-like fish | |
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Xenistius novus perch-like fish | |
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Callionymus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish | |
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Trachinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish | |
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Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
"Trichiurides sagittidens" = Lophius sagittidens
"Trichiurides sagittidens" = Lophius sagittidens Winkler 1874 anglerfish | |
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Platylaemus sp. Dixon 1850
Platylaemus colei Dixon 1850 | |
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Cylindracanthus rectus Agassiz 1843 | |
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Arius egertoni Ariid catfish | |
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Pycnodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839 | |
| Reptilia | |
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile | |
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"Chelone" sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
| Aves | |
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
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Milvoides kempi Harrison and Walker 1979 hawk | |
| Reptilia | |
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Palaeophis typhaeus Owen 1850 snake | |
| Mammalia | |
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Propalaeotherium sp. Gervais odd-toed ungulate | |
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Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 eutherian | |