Tunnel Hill, Upper Barton Beds, Surrey: Late Eocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Bullidae
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Bulla attenuata
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Bulla elliptica
Sowerby 1824
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella imbricataria
Lamarck 1804
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Trochita aperta
(Solander 1766)
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora umbilicaris
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Rimella rimosa
(Solander 1766)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria evulsa
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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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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium striatum
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten carinatus
Sowerby 1828
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Pecten reconditus
(Solander 1766)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea plicata
(Solander 1766)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Pectunculus deletus
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium porulosum
Solander 1766
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Nemocardium turgidum
Solander 1766
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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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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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina elegans
Defrance 1823
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Strigilla rigaultiana
(Deshayes 1858)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita sulcata
(Solander 1766)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella ? sulcata
(Solander 1866)
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula ? similis
Cossmann and Pissarro 1904
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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 Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Barton Beds | ||||
| 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 |
| Lithology description: yellow sands, with casts of fossils, iron concretions, and shells | |
| 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: | 42586 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-08-02 16:48:42 | Last modified: | 2004-08-02 19:48:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-02 16:48:42 |
| 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] |