Peel Common, Bracklesham Group (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 3.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wittering Formation (Bracklesham Group), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• late Ypresian, NP12, MP8 + 9 (from Smith & Smith, 2003)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: J. J. Hooker. 1996. Mammals from the Early (late Ypresian) to Middle (Lutetian) Eocene Bracklesham Group, southern England. Tertiary Research 16(1-4):141-174 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41825: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 21.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia -
Pseudoparamys sp. Michaux 1964 rodent
fragment of left M1/2
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
"? Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae
"? Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae Trouessart 1879 marsupial
right m2/3