Alum Bay, Headon Beds (Beds 62-71), Isle of Wight (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.6° W: paleocoordinates 49.1° N, 5.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Headon Hill Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• Upper Division, beds 62-71 (numbered bottom to top)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; pebbly, shelly/skeletal marl and argillaceous, sandy marl

• marls and limestones, some intercalated sandstones and clay

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Prestwich. 1846. On the Tertiary or SupraCretaceous Formations of the Isle of Wight as exhibited in the sections at Alum Bay and White Cliff Bay. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 2:233-259 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39675: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 02.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Palaeotherium sp. Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cyrenidae
Cyrena sp. Lamarck clam
Limnaea
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