Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 3.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Clay Member (London Clay Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• These 2 beds lie such that the Kingsway SHell bed overlies the Kingsway Concentrate bed
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, gray claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
• c = common, r = rare, otherwise number of specimens are recorded
Primary reference: D. A. Bone. 1978. New Horizons in the London Clay of Bognor Regis, Sussex. Tertiary Research 2(1):9-16 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 8050: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 15.06.2000, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Graphularia wetherelli Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 sea pen | |
Aves | |
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"Argillornis longipennis" = Dasornis emuinus3
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Microena goodwini n. gen. n. sp.3
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Actinopteri | |
Platylaemus colei n. gen. n. sp.2
Platylaemus colei n. gen. n. sp.2 Dixon 1850 | |
Aglyptorhynchus venablesi n. sp.1
Aglyptorhynchus venablesi n. sp.1 Casier 1966 | |
Rhinocephalus planiceps1 Casier 1966 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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Scyliorhinus aff. gilbert1, Scyliorhinus sp.1, Scyliorhinus biauriculatus1, Scyliorhinus minutissimus1
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"Lamna lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei1, "Lamna verticalis" = Hypotodus verticalis1, "Odontaspis robusta" = Jaekelotodus robusta1, "Odontaspis trigonalis" = Jaekelotodus trigonalis1, Odontaspis winkleri1
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"Odontaspis hopei" = Carcharias hopei1
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"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus1
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"Notidanus serratissimus" = Notorhynchus serratissimus1
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"Raja cf. duponti" = Dasyatis duponti1
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Crinoidea | |
Cainocrinus tintinnabulum Rasmussen 1972 Sea lily | |
Polychaeta | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Arca impolita ark | |
"Pinna affinis" = Atrina affinis
"Pinna affinis" = Atrina affinis Sowerby 1821 oyster | |
Anomia tenuistriata Deshayes 1824 jingle | |
"Pecten duplicatus" = Cyclopecten duplicatus
"Pecten duplicatus" = Cyclopecten duplicatus Sowerby 1824 mud scallop | |
Teredo antenautae clam | |
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"Calpitaria sulcataria" = Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius
"Calpitaria sulcataria" = Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius Deshayes 1825 venus clam | |
Nuculana partimstriata pointed nut clam | |
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi Wetherell 1843 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
"? Stellaxis pulcher" = Architectonica (Stellaxis)
"? Stellaxis pulcher" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) sundial | |
Euspira glaucinoides Sowerby 1812 moon snail | |
Priscoficus londoni fig shell | |
Bartonia curta snail | |
"Fusiturris simillima" = Eopleurotoma simillima
"Fusiturris simillima" = Eopleurotoma simillima Edwards 1861 turrid | |
"Galeodea gallica" = Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica
"Galeodea gallica" = Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica Wrigley 1934 snail |