Bembridge Limestone (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Bembridge

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 5.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Montmartre Level zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Sudre. 1978. Les artiodactyles de l'Eocene moyen et superieur d'Europe occidentale; systematique et evolution. Memoires et Travaux de l'Institut de Montpellier de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 7:1-229 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31607: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 20.05.2003

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Taxonomic list

• only artiodactyls are reported in ref. 8517
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae
Haplobunodon lyddekeri even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae
Acotherulum (Acotherulum) sp. Gervais 1850 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Dichobune leporina Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Anoplotherium commune Cuvier 1804 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Xiphodontidae
Xiphodon gracile Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate