Barton (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 5.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Barton Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• (NP16-18;P12-15)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• Specimens from Brockenhurst (Priabonian) were sturdier than the Barton (Bartonian) specimens

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. C. Wallace. 2008. New species and records from the Eocene of England and France support early diversification of the coral genus Acropora. Journal of Paleontology 82(2):313-328 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79434: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 08.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora bartonensis n. sp.
Acropora bartonensis n. sp. Wallace 2008 stony coral
Holotype