Bracklesham Bay: Lutetian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Nautilus imperialis Sowerby 1812
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilus centralis Sowerby 1812
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia ziczac (Sowerby 1812)
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Chelone trigoniceps n. sp. Owen 1849
Owen 1849 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:West Sussex
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 0.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.6° North, 4.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Lutetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Lutetian
Age range of interval: 47.8 - 41.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Likely from Wittering or Earnley Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: not stated
Metadata
Database number:165979
Authorizer:M. Clapham, E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Clapham, E. Vlachos
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-02-01 11:32:36 Last modified:2017-05-19 14:32:52
Access level:the public Released:2015-02-01 11:32:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
54241. F. E. Edwards. 1849. A monograph of the Eocene Mollusca, or descriptions of shells from the older Tertiaries of England. Part I. Cephalopoda. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 2:1-56 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

67602 R. Owen. 1849. A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part I. 1-328 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen]