Earldoms Clay Pit (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 4.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: London Clay Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shale
Primary reference: D. A. Bone and C. King. 1992. The London Clay of Earldoms Clay Pit, Whiteparish, Wiltshire. Tertiary Research 13(2-4):125-130 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 3259: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 28.07.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• this list is based on a compilation of notes by E.M. Venerables and confirmed by material in the Natural History Museum, London
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Gastropoda | |
Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810 snail
Cylichna consors snail | |
Sigapatella sp. Lesson 1830 slipper shell | |
Seila mundula Deshayes 1865 snail | |
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Sigatica hantoniensis Pilkington 1804 moon snail
Euspira glaucinoides Sowerby 1812 moon snail | |
"Tibia sublucida" = Tibia (Eotibia) sublucida
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"Ficopsis multiformis" = Ficus multiformis, Priscoficus smithi
"Ficopsis multiformis" = Ficus multiformis Wrigley 1929 fig shell
Priscoficus smithi Sowerby 1827 fig shell | |
Poirieria subcristata d'Orbigny 1850 murex snail | |
"Eocantharus londini" = Cantharus (Eocantharus), Wrigleya sp.
"Eocantharus londini" = Cantharus (Eocantharus) true whelk
Wrigleya sp. Glibert 1963 true whelk | |
Bonellitia ? laeviuscula Sowerby 1822 snail "sp. ?laeviuscula" - originally entered as "Bonellitia sp. ?laeviuscula"
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Eopleurotoma flexuosa turrid
Eopleurotoma sp. Cossmann 1889 turrid
Eopleurotoma prestwichii Edwards 1861 turrid
Eopleurotoma simillima Edwards 1861 turrid | |
Cochlespira gyrata Edwards 1857 snail | |
cf. Haustator dixoni Deshayes 1861 turret shell common - originally entered as "Haustator cf. dixoni"
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Ptychatractus interruptus Pilkington 1804 snail | |
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon
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Ringicula ringens snail | |
Syrnola angusta Deshayes 1861 snail
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
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Cultellus affinis Sowerby 1812 clam | |
"Pitar sulcatarius" = Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius
"Pitar sulcatarius" = Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius Deshayes 1825 venus clam | |
Nemocardium nitens Sowerby 1813 cockle | |
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Amygdalum simplex Sowerby 1850 mussel | |
Sedentaria | |
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Gymnolaemata | |
Nellia sp. Busk 1852 | |
Anthozoa | |
Graphularia wetherelli Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 sea pen | |
Paracyathus sp. Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral |