M27 Motorway (Eocene to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.1° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 4.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bracklesham Group, Early/Lower Eocene to Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 37.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sandstone

Primary reference: D. A. Bone, J. A. Todd, and S. Tracey. 1991. Fossils from the Bracklesham Group exposed in the M27 Motorway excavations, Southampton, Hampshire. Tertiary Research 12(3-4):131-137 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3256: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 28.07.1999, edited by Erin Leckey

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Sigapatella sp. Lesson 1830 slipper shell
rare
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Haustator conoidea Sowerby 1814 turret shell
"conoidea var. elongata" occasional - originally entered as "Haustator conoidea var. elongata"
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
rare
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
occasional; sensu lato: Id questionable
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
fragments
 Myliobatiformes -
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray
fragments
 Myliobatiformes -
Hypolophodon sylvestris White 1931 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina prima Winkler 1874 angel shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus minor Daimeries 1888 dogfish shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894 wedgefish
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis
"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis Jaekel 1894 guitarfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Triakis wardi hound shark
rare
Mustelus vanderhoefti hound shark
rare
"Galeorhinus lefevrei" = Pachygaleus lefevrei Daimeries 1891 hound shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
originally entered as "Scyliorhinus spp."
"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti Casier 1946 cat shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark
originally entered as "Abdounia spp."
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinidae indet. Jordan and Evermann 1896 requiem shark
originally entered as "Carcharinidae sp."
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Nebrius thielensi nurse shark
 Orectolobiformes - Rhinocodontidae
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Jaekelotodus trigonalis Jackel 1895 sand tiger shark
"Lamna lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias acutissima Agassiz 1843 sand shark
Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus novus mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Pantrogna "sp. 1" Hartenberger 1971 rodent
right p4 and right m1/2
 Primates - Omomyidae
Nannopithex zuccolae Godinot et al. 1992 tarsier
left P4 and tentatively attributed right calcaneum
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia "sp. 1" Stehlin 1940 placental
left M3
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium leporinum Owen 1841 odd-toed ungulate
left m3 and tentatively left p2?
 Cimolesta - Pantolestidae
Buxolestes "sp. 1" Jaegar 1970 eutherian
left m1/2
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Peratherium "sp. 1" Aymard 1850 marsupial
Amphiperatherium maximum Crochet 1979 marsupial
right m2
Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Chelone sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea turtle
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
limb bone
Pisces
  -
"Pisces "indet. tail spines"" = Osteichthyes, "Pisces "indet. dermal denticles"" = Osteichthyes
"Pisces "indet. tail spines"" = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
common; tail spines
"Pisces "indet. dermal denticles"" = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
common; dermal denticles
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Egertonia sp. Cocchi 1866