Whitecliff Bay, Barton Beds (Chama bed), Isle of Wight: Late/Upper Eocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster durbani
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Ditrupa sp. Berkeley 1835
Bivalvia - Aviculidae
Avicula media
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Pectunculus deletus
synonym of Glycymeris
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis scalaris
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plicata (Solander 1766)
recombined as Cubitostrea plicata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
Pecten carinatus Sowerby 1828
recombined as Chlamys carinata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella tenuisulcata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita oblonga
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina gibbosula Lamarck 1806
recombined as Gibbolucina (Gibbolucina) gibbosula
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula ? ficus (Solander 1766)
recombined as Ficusocorbula ficus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium porulosum Solander 1766
recombined as Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina ? ambigua Sowerby 1823
recombined as Tellina (Elliptotellina) ambigua
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia sp. Munier-Chalmas 1863
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cytherea sp. Lamarck 1808
    = Pitarinae indet. Stewart 1930
Hendy 2007
synonym of Callocardiinae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama squamosa
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopaea corrugata
corrected as Panopea
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula bisulcata Sowerby 1850
recombined as Nucula (Nuculoma) bisulcata
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficula nexilis
synonym of Ficus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta humerosa Edwards 1854
recombined as Lyria (Lyria) humerosa
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Terebellum sopitum
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Trochita aperta (Solander 1766)
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 1.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.2° North, 5.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Barton Beds Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: I was unable to correlate this unit, which Gardner et al. call the Chama-bed with Prestwich either on the basis of fossils or lithology, it might correlate with bed 16 or 17, but I couldn't be sure.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow sandstone
Secondary lithology:blue sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Bluish sandy clay below a buff sand unit
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:42582
Authorizer:J. Alroy, A. Hendy Enterer:E. Leckey, A. Hendy
Modifier:E. Leckey Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-08-02 13:28:56 Last modified:2004-08-02 16:28:56
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-02 13:28:56
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]

Secondary references:

23858 A. J. W. Hendy. 2007. Circum-Pacific Late Cenozoic Paleobiogeography: Consideration of latitudinal gradients, provincialism and beta diversity (Unpublished taxonomic opinions). [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]