Where: England, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 49.8° N, 4.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Barton Beds Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• Gardner et al. consider the Bracklesham and Barton beds to be part of the Bagshot Formation, for this locality they describe four beds, some with specific fossils, but don't say which bed corresponds to which unit on their taxonomic list.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, ferruginous, shelly/skeletal, yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. S. Garnder, H. Keeping, and H. W. Monckton. 1888. The Upper Eocene, comprising the Barton and Upper Bagshot Formations. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 44:578-635 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42584: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 02.08.2004, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Bulla attenuata snail
Bulla orbicula snail | |
"Bulla elliptica" = Cylichna elliptica
"Bulla elliptica" = Cylichna elliptica Sowerby 1824 snail | |
Trochita aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
"Sigaretus clathratus" = Sinum moon snail
Natica ambulacrum moon snail
Natica patula moon snail
Natica labellata Lamarck 1804 moon snail | |
Littorina sulcata periwinkle | |
Rimella rimosa Solander 1766 true conch
Terebellum fusiforme Lamarck 1802 true conch | |
"Cassidaria nodosa" = Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa
"Cassidaria nodosa" = Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa Solander in Brander 1766 snail | |
Xenophora umbilicaris carrier shell | |
Buccinum canaliculatum true whelk | |
Fusus interruptus snail | |
"Ancillaria canalifera" = Ancilla
"Ancillaria canalifera" = Ancilla olive snail | |
Volvaria acutiuscula mitre shell | |
"Pleurotoma biconus" = Asthenotoma biconus
"Pleurotoma biconus" = Asthenotoma biconus Edwards 1861 snail | |
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell | |
"Solarium crenulare" = Trochus (Solarium)
"Solarium crenulare" = Trochus (Solarium) top snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium striatum tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula similis" = Nucula (Pronucula) similis1
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Crassatella ? sulcata Solander 1866 clam | |
"Cardita sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata
"Cardita sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata Solander 1766 clam | |
Corbula lamarckii, Corbula longirostrum, Corbula pisum, "Corbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica
Corbula lamarckii clam
Corbula longirostrum clam
Corbula pisum clam
"Corbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica Lamarck 1801 clam | |
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"Cardium porulosum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum, Nemocardium turgidum
"Cardium porulosum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum Solander 1766 cockle
Nemocardium turgidum Solander 1766 cockle | |
"Clavagella coronata" = Stirpulina coronata
"Clavagella coronata" = Stirpulina coronata Deshayes 1824 clam | |
"Pecten carinatus" = Chlamys carinata
"Pecten carinatus" = Chlamys carinata Sowerby 1828 scallop | |
"Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata
"Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster | |
"Pectunculus deletus" = Glycymeris
"Pectunculus deletus" = Glycymeris clam |