Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 1.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 43.4° N, 5.7° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Selsey Formation (Bracklesham Group), Lutetian (48.1 - 41.0 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
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: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
•Chimaeroids: plates & spines Teleosts: skulls, teeth, jaw parts, otoliths
•Reptiles: bones, carapace & skulls Birds: limb bones
•Mammals: teeth, jaw fragments & bones
unclassified | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844 sturgeon | |
Mammalia | |
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 placental | |
Propalaeotherium sp. Gervais odd-toed ungulate | |
Reptilia | |
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile | |
"Chelone" sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea turtle | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Milvoides kempi Harrison and Walker 1979 hawk | |
Reptilia | |
Palaeophis typhaeus Owen 1850 snake | |
Osteichthyes | |
Triodon antiquus Leriche 1905 | |
Eotrigonodon serratus Gervais 1852 | |
Actinopteri | |
Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760 conger eel | |
Egertonia sp. Cocchi 1866 | |
Arius egertoni Ariid catfish | |
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis Frost 1934 flatfish | |
Platylaemus sp. Dixon 1850
Platylaemus colei Dixon 1850 | |
Sphyraenodus lerichei Casier 1944 | |
Cybium sp., "Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti
Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895 | |
Aglyptorhynchus sp. Casier 1966 | |
"Brachyrhynchus sp." = Istiophorus
"Brachyrhynchus sp." = Istiophorus Lacépède 1802 | |
Cylindracanthus rectus Agassiz 1843 | |
Xenistius novus perch-like fish | |
Prolates sp. Priem 1899 perch-like fish | |
Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Trachinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Callionymus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Apogon bellovacinus Priem 1911 Cardinalfish | |
Pycnodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Squatina prima Winkler 1874 angel shark | |
Squalus minor Daimeries 1888 dogfish shark | |
Isistius trituratus Winkler 1874 shark | |
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark
Heterodontus woodwardi Casier 1946 bullhead shark
Heterodontus vincenti Leriche 1905 bullhead shark | |
Notorhynchus kempi sevengill shark | |
"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis
"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis Jaekel 1894 guitarfish | |
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish | |
Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894 wedgefish | |
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray | |
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni, "Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus, Aetobatus sp., Aetobatus irregularis, Myliobatis toliapicus, Myliobatis latidens
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
"Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 eagle ray
Aetobatus irregularis Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis toliapicus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis latidens Woodward 1888 eagle ray | |
Rhinoptera sherborni White 1926 cownose ray | |
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray | |
Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979 stingray
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 stingray
Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 stingray | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray | |
"Eugomphodus macrotus" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus acutissima" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus substriata" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus hopei" = Carcharias
"Eugomphodus macrotus" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus acutissima" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus substriata" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus hopei" = Carcharias sand shark | |
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark
Isurolamna affinis mackerel shark | |
Alopias leensis thresher shark | |
"Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Otodus auriculatus
"Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Otodus auriculatus Blainville 1818 mackerel shark | |
Jaekelotodus trigonalis, Odontaspis winkleri, ""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei, Hypotodus verticalis
Jaekelotodus trigonalis Jackel 1895 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark | |
Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark
Mustelus whitei hound shark
Triakis wardi hound shark | |
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Physogaleus secundus, Abdounia sp., Abdounia lapierrei, "Galeorhinus recticonus" = Abdounia recticonia
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Abdounia lapierrei requiem shark
"Galeorhinus recticonus" = Abdounia recticonia Winkler 1873 requiem shark | |
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
Scyliorhinus pattersoni Cappetta 1976 cat shark
"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia gilberti Casier 1946 cat shark | |
Hemiscyllium bruxelliense carpet shark | |
Palaeorhincodon wardi carpet shark | |
Eostegostoma angusta carpet shark | |
Amylodon sp. Storms 1894 chimaera | |
Edaphodon minor chimaera
Edaphodon leptognathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
"Edaphodon bucklandi" = Edaphodon eurygnathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Elasmodus kempi Ward 1977 plownose chimaera |