Also known as Bishopstone, Upnor

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 2.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Oldhaven Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• See C. king, 1981. The stratigraphy of the London Clay & Associated Deposits. Tertiary Research Special Paper #6. W. Backhuys, Publisher

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; unlithified, glauconitic siltstone and unlithified, glauconitic sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: permineralized, coalified, original carbon, replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float),

Primary reference: M. E. J. Chandler. 1964. The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. IV. A summary and survey of findings in the light of recent botanical observations. [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21244: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 21.06.2002

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