PBDB Collection

Headon Hill, Bembridge Limestone (marl 18), Isle of Wight (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.6° W: paleocoordinates 49.1° N, 5.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• This is Hooker's unit, and the numbered units begin above his "lower Bembridge Limestone" unit

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shelly/skeletal, brown, calcareous mudstone and limestone

• This sequence is primarily marl/mudstone, while the rest of the formation is limestone. This bed is brown shelly marl with organic mud seams.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: J. J. Hooker. 1994. Mammalian taphonomy and palaeoecology of the Bembridge Limestone Formation (Late Eocene, S. England). Historical Biology 8:49-69 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41665: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.07.2004, edited by Steven Holland, Erin Leckey and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae	Amphiperatherium "sp. A", Amphiperatherium "sp. C" Amphiperatherium "sp. A" Filhol 1879 marsupial Amphiperatherium "sp. C" Filhol 1879 marsupial
Theriamorpha - Talpidae	Eotalpa anglica Eotalpa anglica Sigé et al. 1977 mole move
Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae	Saturninia gracilis Saturninia gracilis Stehlin 1940 placental move
Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae	Cryptopithecus sp. Cryptopithecus sp. Schlosser 1890 placental
Rodentia -	Ectropomys exiguus Ectropomys exiguus Bosma and Schmidt-Kittler 1972 rodent
Rodentia - Theridomyidae	Suevosciurus fraasi, Isoptychus sp. Suevosciurus fraasi Major 1873 rodent move Isoptychus sp. Pomel 1853 rodent
Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae	Tarnomys sp. Tarnomys sp. Hartenberger and Schmidt-Kittler 1976 rodent
Rodentia - Gliridae	Bransatoglis bahloi, "Gliravus devoogdi" = Glamys devoogdi, "Gliravus daamsi" = Schizogliravus daamsi Bransatoglis bahloi Bosma and de Bruijn 1982 dormouse move "Gliravus devoogdi" = Glamys devoogdi Bosma and de Bruijn 1979 dormouse "Gliravus daamsi" = Schizogliravus daamsi Bosma and de Bruijn 1982 dormouse move
Primates - Omomyidae	Vectipithex smithorum Vectipithex smithorum Hooker and Harrison 2008 tarsier
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Stehlinia cf. minor, Stehlinia cf. gracilis Stehlinia cf. minor vesper bat move Stehlinia cf. gracilis Revilliod 1919 vesper bat move
Cimolesta - Apatemyidae	Heterohyus nanus Heterohyus nanus Teihard de Chardin 1916 eutherian move