Whitecliff Bay Cuisian Beds (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 3.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Cuisian age
Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal lithology not reported and limestone
Size class: macrofossils
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 210090: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Equisetopsida | |
Araucarites selseyensis n. sp.
Araucarites selseyensis n. sp. Chandler 1961 | |
Liliopsida | |
Limnocarpus forbesi Heer 1862
Limnocarpus enormis n. sp. Chandler 1961 | |
Angiospermae | |
Wetherellia sp. Bowerbank 1840 spurge
Wetherellia dixoni Carruthers 1878 spurge
? Wetherellia variabilis Bowerbank 1840 spurge | |
Potamogetonaceae indet. Reichenbach 1823 pondweed | |
Carpolithus sp., Carpolithus curryi n. sp.
Carpolithus sp. Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus curryi n. sp. Chandler 1961 | |
Scirpus lakensis Chandler 1960 sedge
Caricoidea obscura Chandler 1960 sedge | |
"Nipa burtini" = Nypa burtini
"Nipa burtini" = Nypa burtini Brongniart 1828 palm | |
Laurocalyx sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 laurel | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus dixoni Gardner 1890 pine
Pinus bowerbanki Carruthers 1878 pine |