Chobham Common, Surrey, Bracklesham Beds, Bed 3: Middle Eocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita planicosta
(Lamarck 1801)
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| recombined as Venericor planicosta | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula gallica
Lamarck 1801
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| recombined as Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Surrey |
| Coordinates: | 51.3° North, 0.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.6° North, 4.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bracklesham Beds | ||||
| Local section: | Bracklesham Beds | Local bed: | 3 | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Bracklesham Beds lie between the London Clay and the Barton Beds, they are middle Eocene. The bed numbers are probably just for the beds exposed at this locality and don't hold for the group elsewhere. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,green sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | yellow sandy claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: green sand with shells in abundance, other unit is yellow sandy clay | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
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: | 42562 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-08-02 09:48:37 | Last modified: | 2013-06-29 18:05:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-02 09:48:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11308. | J. S. Garnder, H. Keeping, and H. W. Monckton. 1888. The Upper Eocene, comprising the Barton and Upper Bagshot Formations. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 44:578-635 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |