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

Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarites selseyensis n. sp. Chandler 1961
Liliopsida
  -
Limnocarpus enormis n. sp. Chandler 1961
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Wetherellia sp. Bowerbank 1840 spurge
Wetherellia dixoni Carruthers 1878 spurge
? Wetherellia variabilis Bowerbank 1840 spurge
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogetonaceae indet. Reichenbach 1823 pondweed
  -
Carpolithus sp. Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus curryi n. sp. Chandler 1961
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Scirpus lakensis Chandler 1960 sedge
Caricoidea obscura Chandler 1960 sedge
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
"Nipa burtini" = Nypa burtini
"Nipa burtini" = Nypa burtini Brongniart 1828 palm
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurocalyx sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 laurel
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus dixoni Gardner 1890 pine
Pinus bowerbanki Carruthers 1878 pine