Tunnel Hill, Middle Barton Beds, Surrey: Late/Upper Eocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Serpuloides cancellatus
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium striatum
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Solarium crenulare
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| spelled with current rank as Trochus (Solarium) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Bullidae
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Bulla attenuata
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| ? | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Bulla elliptica
Sowerby 1824
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| recombined as Cylichna elliptica | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella imbricataria
Lamarck 1804
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| recombined as Haustator imbricataria | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Trochita aperta
(Solander 1766)
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Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Littorina sulcata
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica ambulacrum
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Natica patula
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Natica labellata
Lamarck 1804
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Sigaretus clathratus
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| synonym of Sinum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria evulsa
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Pleurotoma biconus
Edwards 1861
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| recombined as Asthenotoma biconus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Ancillaria canalifera
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| synonym of Ancilla | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Rimella rimosa
(Solander 1766)
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassidaria nodosa
(Solander in Brander 1766)
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| recombined as Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora umbilicaris
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula ? similis
Cossmann and Pissarro 1904
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| recombined as Nucula (Pronucula) similis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten reconditus
(Solander 1766)
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| recombined as Mimachlamys reconditus | ||||||||||
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Pecten carinatus
Sowerby 1828
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| recombined as Chlamys carinata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea plicata
(Solander 1766)
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| recombined as Cubitostrea plicata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Pectunculus deletus
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| synonym of Glycymeris | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium porulosum
Solander 1766
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| recombined as Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum | ||||||||||
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Nemocardium turgidum
Solander 1766
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula gallica
Lamarck 1801
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| recombined as Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica | ||||||||||
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Corbula lamarckii
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Corbula longirostrum
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Corbula pisum
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Clavagellidae
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Clavagella coronata
Deshayes 1824
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| recombined as Stirpulina coronata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella ? sulcata
(Solander 1866)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita sulcata
(Solander 1766)
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| recombined as Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Surrey |
| Coordinates: | 51.3° North, 0.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.8° North, 4.6° 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: | Middle | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Gardner et al. consider the Bracklesham and Barton beds to be part of the Bagshot Formation, for this locality they describe four beds, some with specific fossils, but don't say which bed corresponds to which unit on their taxonomic list. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary,ferruginous,shelly/skeletal,yellow sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: yellow sands, with casts of fossils, iron concretions, and shells | |
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: | 42585 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-08-02 16:42:19 | Last modified: | 2004-08-02 19:42:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-02 16:42:19 |
| 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] |