East Wittering (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 3.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cakeham B Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Cuisian age, Cakeham B Beds (marine phase)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: M. E. J. Chandler. 1961. Post-Ypresian plant remains from the Isle of Wight and the Selsey Peninsula, Sussex. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 5(2):1-41 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 210089: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarites selseyensis n. sp. Chandler 1961
Angiospermae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Scirpus lakensis Chandler 1960 sedge