Also known as Reading Beds - Broxbourne

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.7° N, 0.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 41.9° N, 8.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Reading 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; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments

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 23327: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 11.07.2002

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