The London Clay Flora - Frinton (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Frinton-on-Sea

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 1.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: London Clay Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; unlithified, concretionary, pyritic claystone

• In pyrite patches within London Clay

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,

Primary reference: M. E. J. Chandler. 1961. The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. I. Palaeocene Floras. London Clay Flora (Supplement) 1-354 [B. Tiffney/J. Bean/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22804: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 26.06.2002, edited by Jessica Bean and Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Epacridaceae
Leucopogon quadrilocularis Reid and Chandler 1933
Angiospermae
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Frintonia ornata n. gen. n. sp.
Frintonia ornata n. gen. n. sp. Chandler 1961
 Gentianales -
Jenkinsella apocynoides Reid and Chandler 1933
 Proteales - Sabiaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurocarpum ovoideum Reid and Chandler 1933 laurel
Cinnamomum oblongum n. sp. Chandler 1961 cinnamon
Chondrichthyes
 Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina praecursor Leriche 1942 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
"Oxyrhina sheppeyensis" = Anomotodon sheppeyensis
"Oxyrhina sheppeyensis" = Anomotodon sheppeyensis Cassier 1966 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Odontaspis aff. rutoti" = Palaeohypotodus rutoti, "Odontaspis trigonalis" = Jaekelotodus trigonalis, Odontaspis macrota, Odontaspis winkleri
"Odontaspis aff. rutoti" = Palaeohypotodus rutoti Winkler 1878 sand tiger shark
"Odontaspis trigonalis" = Jaekelotodus trigonalis Jackel 1895 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis macrota Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Odontaspis hopei" = Carcharias hopei
"Odontaspis hopei" = Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843 sand shark