Headon Hill, Osborne Beds (Bed 4), Isle of Wight: Late Eocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
Paludina lenta
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis euomphalus
Planorbis lens Brongniart 1810
unclassified
Limnaea longiscata
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 1.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.1° North, 5.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Late Eocene
Age range of interval: 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Osborne Beds Local bed:4
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: bed thickness is approx. 18 ft.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous claystone
Secondary lithology:concretionary,yellow cherty/siliceous "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Strong concretionary yellowish limestone, with siliceous concretions sometimes of considerable size, and used for building. Fossils are comparatively scarce in this stone. Unit in general is calcareous clay and marl.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:40852
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:E. Leckey
Modifier:J. Alroy
Created:2004-07-01 14:39:48 Last modified:2005-08-18 19:31:54
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-01 14:39:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10868. E. Forbes. 1856. On the Tertiary fluvio-marine formation of the Isle of Wight. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology 1-162 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]