Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 5.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Member (Barton Beds Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• this bed is 6 ft thick, the lettering of the beds starts with the lowest Barton beds, this is the first in the Middle Barton Series
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gypsiferous, pebbly, shelly/skeletal claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: In the introduction, Burton says that he is reporting fauna "the horizons of which are known to the author", and states that he has collected 480 specimens. It is also clear that he is pulling from other sources, some published (in difficult to obtain British journals), some not. It's difficult to tell which are his and which aren't. This is not a definitive source for this collection, but I think it's a reasonable place to start.
Primary reference: E. S.t. J. Burton. 1933. Faunal Horizons of the Barton Beds in Hampshire. Proceedings of the Geologist's Association 44:131-167 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42640: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 03.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
? Argillochelys sp. Lydekker 1889 turtle | |
Actinopteri | |
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Otolithus (Sparidarum) gregarius Koken 1891 | |
"Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) dimidiatus" = Ophidiidarum, "Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) waltoni" = Ophidiidarum, "Otolithus (Ophidium) sp." = Ophidion
"Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) dimidiatus" = Ophidiidarum
"Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) waltoni" = Ophidiidarum
"Otolithus (Ophidium) sp." = Ophidion Linnaeus 1758 | |
Arius egertoni Ariid catfish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark | |
Ostracoda | |
Cythere plicata ostracod
Cythere striatopunctata ostracod | |
Gastropoda | |
Tuba sulcata snail | |
"Solariaxis canaliculatus" = Architectonica (Solariaxis)
"Solariaxis canaliculatus" = Architectonica (Solariaxis) sundial | |
Obeliscus excavatus slug | |
Turbonilla pulchara snail
Odontostomia alligata snail | |
Ringicula parva snail | |
Sinum clathratum Gmelin 1790 moon snail
Natica (Euspira) labellata Lamarck 1804 moon snail | |
"Rissoa (Alvania) globulus" = Boreocingula globulus
"Rissoa (Alvania) globulus" = Boreocingula globulus Möller 1842 snail | |
"Mitra" volutiformis mitre shell | |
"Surcula exorta" = Turricula
"Surcula exorta" = Turricula snail | |
"Bathytoma turbida" = Epalxis (Bathytoma) turbida Solander in Brander 1766 snail
Asthenotoma zonulata Edwards 1861 snail
Asthenotoma helicoides Edwards 1861 snail | |
? Raphitoma acuticosta snail | |
Bela juncea snail | |
"Hemipleurotoma denticula" = Gemmula, "Hemipleurotoma gentilis" = Gemmula, "Clavatula desmia" = Trachelochetus desmia
"Hemipleurotoma denticula" = Gemmula turrid
"Hemipleurotoma gentilis" = Gemmula turrid
"Clavatula desmia" = Trachelochetus desmia Cossmann 1889 turrid | |
Cryptoconus priscus cone shell | |
Euthriofusus regularis, Clavilithes elongatus, Clavilithes longaevus, Clavilithes scalaris, Fusinus porrectus
Euthriofusus regularis snail
Clavilithes elongatus snail
Clavilithes longaevus snail
Clavilithes scalaris snail | |
"Murex albionis" = Poirieria albionis, "Typhis pungens" = Typhis (Typhis) pungens, "Murex tricarinatus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus tricarinatus
"Murex albionis" = Poirieria albionis Wrigley 1934 murex snail
"Typhis pungens" = Typhis (Typhis) pungens Solander in Brander and Brander 1766 murex snail
"Murex tricarinatus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus tricarinatus Lamarck 1803 mustached bat | |
Marginella gracilis margin shell | |
"Volutocorbis scabriculus" = Volutocorbis scabricula, "Volutospina ambigua" = Athleta (Volutospina), "Volutospina lucta" = Athleta (Volutospina), "Volutospina suspensa" = Athleta (Volutospina), Volutospina athleta
"Volutocorbis scabriculus" = Volutocorbis scabricula Linnaeus 1758 volute
"Volutospina ambigua" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute
"Volutospina lucta" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute
"Volutospina suspensa" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute
Volutospina athleta Solander in Brander 1877 volute | |
Ancilla dubia olive snail
Ancilla (Tortoliva) canalifera Lamarck 1802 olive snail | |
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides Lamarck 1802 snail | |
Admete (Bonellitia) evulsa Solander 1766 snail | |
Conomitra parva ribbed mitre | |
Ficus nexilis Solander and Brander 1766 fig shell | |
Rimella rimosa Solander 1766 true conch | |
"Hippochrenes amplus" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla
"Hippochrenes amplus" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla Solander in Brander 1766 snail | |
"Drillia granulata" = Crassispira (Tripia) granulata
"Drillia granulata" = Crassispira (Tripia) granulata Lamarck 1804 snail | |
Globularia patula snail
Globularia sphaerica snail | |
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell | |
Solarium plicatum Lamarck 1804 top snail | |
Bullinella acuminata snail | |
Volvulella lanceolata snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Entaliopsis) striatum tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Pteria (Avicula) media pearl oyster | |
"Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata, "Ostrea cf. tenera" = Crassostrea tenera, "Ostrea dorsata" = Striostrea dorsata
"Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster
"Ostrea cf. tenera" = Crassostrea tenera Sowerby 1819 oyster
"Ostrea dorsata" = Striostrea dorsata Sowerby 1825 oyster | |
"Ostrea gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica
"Ostrea gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica Solander in Brander 1766 oyster | |
Glycymeris proxima clam | |
"Barbatia appendiculata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata
"Barbatia appendiculata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata Sowerby 1820 clam | |
"Lucina (Cavilucina) elegans" = Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans, "Lucina spinulosa" = Gonimyrtea spinulosa
"Lucina (Cavilucina) elegans" = Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans Defrance 1823 clam
"Lucina spinulosa" = Gonimyrtea spinulosa Edwards 1866 clam | |
"Clavagella coronata" = Stirpulina coronata
"Clavagella coronata" = Stirpulina coronata Deshayes 1824 clam | |
Gari compressa clam | |
Nemocardium parile Deshayes 1858 cockle | |
""Meretrix" trigonula" = Meroena trigonula, Callista transversa, "Tivelina elegans" = Callista (Callista) elegans
""Meretrix" trigonula" = Meroena trigonula Deshayes 1825 venus clam
Callista transversa venus clam
"Tivelina elegans" = Callista (Callista) elegans Lamarck 1806 venus clam | |
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Martesia sp. Sowerby 1824 clam | |
Corbula cf. costata clam
Corbula pisum clam | |
"Panopaea corrugata" = Panopea
"Panopaea corrugata" = Panopea clam | |
"Venericardia davidsoni" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni, "Venericardia sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata
"Venericardia davidsoni" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni Deshayes 1858 clam
"Venericardia sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata Solander 1766 clam | |
"Crassatellites sulcatus" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites sulcatus" = Crassatella clam | |
""Leda" minima" = Nuculana
""Leda" minima" = Nuculana pointed nut clam | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Polychaeta | |
Anthozoa | |
Turbinolia forbesi stony coral | |
Foraminifera | |
unclassified | |
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Otolithes | |
"Otolithus aff. subnobilis" = Otolithes
"Otolithus aff. subnobilis" = Otolithes |