Burnham on Crouch (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Burnham-on-Crouch

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.6° N, 0.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.1° N, 1.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: London Clay Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, blue claystone

• stiff blue-grey clay

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Cappetta and D. J. Ward. 1977. A new Eocene shark from the London Clay of Essex. Palaeontology 20(1):195-202 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204217: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
"Nipa burtini" = Nypa burtini1
"Nipa burtini" = Nypa burtini1 Brongniart 1828 palm
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Megascyliorhinus cooperi n. gen. n. sp.
Megascyliorhinus cooperi n. gen. n. sp. Cappetta and Ward 1977 cat shark
Aves
 Coraciiformes -
Parvicuculus minor n. gen. n. sp.2
Parvicuculus minor n. gen. n. sp.2 Harrison and Walker 1977 bird
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Coturnipes cooperi n. gen. n. sp.2
Coturnipes cooperi n. gen. n. sp.2 Harrison and Walker 1977 pheasant