Earnley Marsh, Marsh Farm Formation, E10 (Eocene to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 4.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Marsh Farm Formation (Bracklesham Group), MP 11 to MP 11 (48.6 - 40.4 Ma)

• Bed E10: Ostrea tenera bed, Marsh Farm Formation, MP 11/12?

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: J. J. Hooker. 1996. Mammals from the Early (late Ypresian) to Middle (Lutetian) Eocene Bracklesham Group, southern England. Tertiary Research 16(1-4):141-174 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41849: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 21.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea tenera" = Crassostrea tenera
"Ostrea tenera" = Crassostrea tenera Sowerby 1819 oyster
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Pachynolophus aff. boixedatensis Crusafont Pairo and Remy 1970 odd-toed ungulate
left m2-3, right upper molar mesial fragment, rolled left m1/2 talonid fragment