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

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 3.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; unlithified claystone

• London Clay in a gravel pit.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: permineralized, original carbon, replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: bulk, 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 22810: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 26.06.2002, edited by Jessica Bean and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtospermum "sp. 1", Myrtospermum "sp. 2", Myrtospermum variabile n. sp.
Myrtospermum "sp. 1" Chandler 1961 myrtle
Myrtospermum "sp. 2" Chandler 1961 myrtle
Myrtospermum variabile n. sp. Chandler 1961 myrtle
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica boveyana
 Sapindales - Burseraceae
Bursericarpum clausentium n. sp.
Bursericarpum clausentium n. sp. Chandler 1961
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis "sp. 1", Vitis "sp. 2", Vitis obovoidea n. sp., Vitis pygmaea n. sp.
Vitis "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1753 grapevine
Vitis "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1753 grapevine
Vitis obovoidea n. sp. Chandler 1961 grapevine
Vitis pygmaea n. sp. Chandler 1961 grapevine
 Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Menispermicarpum sp., Menispermicarpum rariforme n. sp., Palaeosinomenium pulchrum n. sp., Palaeococculus lakensis n. gen. n. sp., Tinospora excavata
Menispermicarpum sp. Chesters 1957
Menispermicarpum rariforme n. sp. Chandler 1961
Palaeosinomenium pulchrum n. sp. Chandler 1961
Palaeococculus lakensis n. gen. n. sp. Chandler 1961
Tinospora excavata Reid and Chandler 1933
 Boraginales - Boraginaceae
Ehretia clausentia n. sp.
Ehretia clausentia n. sp. Chandler 1961 borage
Polypodiopsida
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Anemia poolensis
Anemia poolensis Chandler 1955
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Odontaspis hopei" = Carcharias hopei
"Odontaspis hopei" = Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843 sand shark