Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 1.6° W: paleocoordinates 49.1° N, 5.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Headon Beds Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• thickness is 50-60 ft.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; concretionary, ferruginous, sandy, calcareous, carbonaceous claystone and sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
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 40887: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 02.07.2004, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Potamomya sp." = Erodona
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"Pitarinae indet." = Callocardiinae
"Pitarinae indet." = Callocardiinae Dall 1895 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
"Potamides margaritaceus" = Mesohalina margaritaceus
"Potamides margaritaceus" = Mesohalina margaritaceus Brocchi 1814 horn snail | |
Bithynia sp. Leach 1818 snail | |
Paludina sp. Férussac 1812 snail | |
Planorbis euomphalus snail
Planorbis lens Brongniart 1810 snail | |
Limnaea | |