Thorness Point, Bembridge Marl (bed j), Isle of Wight (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 5.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bembridge Marls Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• Forbes numbers these beds, but they are not formal unit designations, bed thickness is 5 in.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: concretionary, argillaceous marl and green carbonate

• This bed is grey septarian stone band, capped by a thin layer of greenish stone. The Bembridge Marls at this locality are concretionary marls and clays.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: E. Forbes. 1856. On the Tertiary fluvio-marine formation of the Isle of Wight. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology 1-162 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40386: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 22.06.2004

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unclassified
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Fucaceae indet.
Fucaceae indet.
fucoidal markings