Barton Cliffs (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 5.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; pyritic, carbonaceous claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: M.E.J. Chandler. 1960. Plant Remains of the Hengistbury and Barton Beds. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 4(6):191-238 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27778: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 08.01.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
"Araucarites sternbergi" = Sequoiadendron fordi, Sequoia couttsiae
"Araucarites sternbergi" = Sequoiadendron fordi Chandler 1978 cypress
Sequoia couttsiae Heer 1862 coast redwood
 Coniferae -
"Coniferae indet." = Pinophyta
"Coniferae indet." = Pinophyta Reveal 1996
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Angiospermae
 Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Caricoidea obscura Chandler 1960 sedge
 Icacinales - Icacinaceae
Icacinaceae indet. Miers 1851 white pear
Stizocarya sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 white pear
 Cornales - Cornaceae
Eomastixia rugosa Zenker 1833
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Brasenia ovula Brongniart 1828 water lily
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
Anonaspermum sp. Ball 1931 custard apple
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Carpolithus spp. Linnaeus 1768
 Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Rhamnospermum bilobatum Chandler 1925 buckthorn
 Malvales - Thymelaeaceae
? Daphne sp. Linnaeus 1753
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Rutaspermum sp. Chandler 1957 citrus
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Theaceae
"Hordwellia crassisperma" = Actinidia crassisperma
"Hordwellia crassisperma" = Actinidia crassisperma Chandler 1926 tea
 Ericales - Pentaphylacaceae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
? Epacridicarpum mudense Chandler 1960 sweetleaf
Epacridicarpum headonense Chandler 1960 sweetleaf
Symplocos sp. Jacquin 1760 sweetleaf
 Papaverales - Capparidaceae
Capparidaceae indet. de Jussieu caper
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
Liliopsida
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Diclidocarya
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