Where: England, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 2.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 43.1° N, 5.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: London Clay Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 48.1 Ma)

• C. King 1981. The stratigraphy of the London Clay and associated deposits. Tertiary Research Special Paper #6.

• Herein it is stated the Basement beds are lateral equivalent to the Oldhaven Formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; unlithified claystone and unlithified, volcaniclastic siltstone

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

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,

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 21246: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 21.06.2002

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