Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 5.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: NP 17 nannofossil zone, Naish Member (Barton Clay Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• this bed is 20 ft thick, the lettering of the beds starts with the lowest Barton beds
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, ferruginous, shelly/skeletal, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: In the introduction, Burton says that he is reporting fauna "the horizons of which are known to the author", and states that he has collected 480 specimens. It is also clear that he is pulling from other sources, some published (in difficult to obtain British journals), some not. It's difficult to tell which are his and which aren't. This is not a definitive source for this collection, but I think it's a reasonable place to start.
Primary reference: E. S.t. J. Burton. 1933. Faunal Horizons of the Barton Beds in Hampshire. Proceedings of the Geologist's Association 44:131-167 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42641: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 03.08.2004, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Bullinella constricta snail
Bullinella elliptica snail | |
Volvulella lanceolata snail | |
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Natica (Euspira) labellata Lamarck 1804 moon snail | |
"Hippochrenes amplus" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla
"Hippochrenes amplus" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla Solander in Brander 1766 snail | |
Sassia arguta triton shell | |
Ficus nexilis Solander and Brander 1766 fig shell | |
"Murex tricarinatus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus tricarinatus
"Murex tricarinatus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus tricarinatus Lamarck 1803 mustached bat | |
"Volutospina ambigua" = Athleta (Volutospina), "Volutospina lucta" = Athleta (Volutospina)
"Volutospina ambigua" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute | |
Sycostoma pyrus snail | |
Clavilithes longaevus snail
Clavilithes macrospira snail | |
Admete (Bonellitia) evulsa Solander 1766 snail | |
Conomitra parva ribbed mitre | |
Drillia innexa snail | |
"Bathytoma turbida" = Epalxis (Bathytoma) turbida, Asthenotoma zonulata
"Bathytoma turbida" = Epalxis (Bathytoma) turbida Solander in Brander 1766 snail
Asthenotoma zonulata Edwards 1861 snail | |
"Hemipleurotoma callifera" = Gemmula
"Hemipleurotoma callifera" = Gemmula turrid | |
Bela juncea snail | |
"Drillia granulata" = Crassispira (Tripia) granulata
"Drillia granulata" = Crassispira (Tripia) granulata Lamarck 1804 snail | |
Faunus rigidus snail | |
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria, Turritella sp.
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Ringicula parva snail | |
"Solariaxis canaliculatus" = Architectonica (Solariaxis)
"Solariaxis canaliculatus" = Architectonica (Solariaxis) sundial | |
Odontostomia sp. Jefferys 1839 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Entaliopsis) striatum tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula bisulcata" = Nucula (Nuculoma) bisulcata
"Nucula bisulcata" = Nucula (Nuculoma) bisulcata Sowerby 1850 nut clam | |
""Leda" minima" = Nuculana
""Leda" minima" = Nuculana pointed nut clam | |
"Crassatellites sulcatus" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites sulcatus" = Crassatella clam | |
"Venericardia sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata
"Venericardia sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata Solander 1766 clam | |
Corbula cf. costata, Corbula cf. lamarcki, Corbula pisum, "Corbula rugosa" = Notocorbula rugosa, "Bicorbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica, "Corbula ficus" = Ficusocorbula ficus
Corbula cf. costata clam
Corbula cf. lamarcki clam
Corbula pisum clam
"Corbula rugosa" = Notocorbula rugosa Lamarck 1806 clam
"Bicorbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica Lamarck 1801 clam
"Corbula ficus" = Ficusocorbula ficus Solander 1766 clam | |
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Callista transversa venus clam | |
Gari compressa clam | |
"Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata
"Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster | |
"Modiola cf. dimidiata" = Modiolus dimidiatus
"Modiola cf. dimidiata" = Modiolus dimidiatus Münster 1841 mussel | |
Sedentaria | |
Stenolaemata | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus, Odontaspis macrota
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis macrota Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark | |
"Lamna obliqua" = Otodus obliquus
"Lamna obliqua" = Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark | |
Reptilia | |
? Argillochelys sp. Lydekker 1889 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
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Actinopteri | |
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Otolithus (Sparidarum) gregarius Koken 1891 | |
"Otolithus (Berycidarum) bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis
"Otolithus (Berycidarum) bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis Frost 1934 flatfish | |
Otolithus (Macrurus) aff. gracilis Schubert 1905 grenadiers | |
Anthozoa | |
Turbinolia forbesi stony coral
Turbinolia fredericiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral | |
unclassified | |
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Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847 coast redwood |