Where: England, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 45.9° N, 2.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Woolrich & Reading Beds Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• Reading beds = fluvial equivalent of nearshore marine Woolwich beds; the two being time eqivalent
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified claystone and unlithified sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: 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 23315: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 11.07.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae | |
Carpolithus sp., Carpolithus gardneri n. sp.
Carpolithus sp. Linnaeus 1768
Carpolithus gardneri n. sp. Chandler 1961 | |
? Oncoba variabilis Bowerbank 1840 | |
Jenkinsella apocynoides Reid and Chandler 1933 | |
Sambucus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elder | |
Hamamelidaceae indet. Brown 1818 witch-hazel
Liquidambar palaeocenica n. sp. Chandler 1961 sweetgum | |
Haloragis sp. Forster and Forster 1775 | |
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Leguminosites sp. Bowerbank 1840 legume
Leguminosites gardneri n. sp. Chandler 1961 legume | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine | |
Cupressistrobus gardneri n. sp.
Cupressistrobus gardneri n. sp. Chandler 1961 cypress |