Lee-on-the-Solent, Selsey Formation, L6i-L6iii (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 4.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Selsey Formation (Bracklesham Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Kemp calls the Selsey a "division", Hooker, 1996 calls it a formation. These beds are part of the "Miocardia Bed", L6i-L6iii

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; glauconitic, gray, silty, sandy claystone and glauconitic, shelly/skeletal, brown, gray, green, silty, carbonaceous sandstone

• The Selsey formation is fine silty and sandy, glauconitic clay. The Miocardia Bed is green/gray/brown silty sand with glauconite with "bored drifted logs" and shells rare

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: sieve

Primary reference: D. Kemp. 1985. The Selsey Division (Bracklesham Group) at Lee-on-the-Solent, Gosport, (Hants). Tertiary Research 7(2):35-44 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41994: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 22.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Sharks: teeth, vertebrae & cartilage Rays: dentitions, isolated teeth & spines

•Chimaeroids: plates & spines Teleosts: skulls, teeth, jaw parts, otoliths

•Reptiles: bones, carapace & skulls Birds: limb bones

unclassified
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Chondrichthyes
 Selachii -
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark
Heterodontus vincenti Leriche 1905 bullhead shark
Heterodontus woodwardi Casier 1946 bullhead shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina prima Winkler 1874 angel shark
 Myliobatiformes -
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinoptera sherborni White 1926 cownose ray
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray
Aetobatus irregularis Agassiz 1843 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray
Myliobatis toliapicus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis latidens Woodward 1888 eagle ray
"Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894 wedgefish
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Abdounia lapierrei requiem shark
"Galeorhinus recticonus" = Abdounia recticonia Winkler 1873 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia gilberti, Scyliorhinus sp.
"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia gilberti Casier 1946 cat shark
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark
Isurolamna affinis mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
Jaekelotodus trigonalis Jackel 1895 sand tiger shark
Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Eugomphodus macrotus" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus acutissima" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus hopei" = Carcharias
"Eugomphodus macrotus" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus acutissima" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus hopei" = Carcharias sand shark
 Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus kempi sevengill shark
 Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
"Edaphodon bucklandi" = Edaphodon eurygnathus
"Edaphodon bucklandi" = Edaphodon eurygnathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Egertonia sp. Cocchi 1866
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760 conger eel
Conger productus conger eel
 Acanthopterygii -
 Acanthopterygii - Trachinidae
Trachinus sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Acanthomorphata - Haemulidae
 Acanthomorphata - Lutjanidae
"Lutianus concavus" = Lutjanus
"Lutianus concavus" = Lutjanus
 Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Eotrigonodon serratus Gervais 1852
 Labriformes - Labridae
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Prolates sp. Priem 1899 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish
 Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Apogon boulei Cardinalfish
Apogon bellovacinus Priem 1911 Cardinalfish
 Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
 Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis Frost 1934 flatfish
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
 Scombriformes - Palaeorhynchidae
Aglyptorhynchus sp. Casier 1966
 Scombriformes -
 Syngnathiformes - Callionymidae
Callionymus sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
"Chelone" sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea turtle
Lytoloma sp. Cope 1870 sea turtle
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird