Poulner, Middle Barton Beds, Hampshire: Late/Upper Eocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Tubothalamea - Miliolida
Miliolina seminulum
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
vertebrae
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Odontaspis macrota (Agassiz 1838)
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster branderi
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Lunulites transiens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Sphaeropora glandiformis
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris deleta
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plicata (Solander 1766)
recombined as Cubitostrea plicata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites sulcatus
synonym of Crassatella
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia cf. davidsoni (Deshayes 1858)
recombined as Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni
Venericardia sulcata (Solander 1766)
recombined as Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
"Solen" sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium parile (Deshayes 1858)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra compressa Deshayes 1832
recombined as Spisula compressa
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula cf. costata
Corbula pisum
Corbula aff. lamarcki
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bullinella constricta
Bullinella sp. Newton
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Tinostoma dubium
original and current combination Teinostoma
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra parva
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Sycostoma pyrus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus porrectus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Sveltella microstoma
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Surcula exorta
synonym of Turricula
Surcula laevigata
synonym of Turricula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutospina luctatrix
spelled with current rank as Athleta (Volutospina)
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora discoidea
Xenophora agglutinans (Lamarck 1804)
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Rimella rimosa (Solander 1766)
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Hippochrenes amplus (Solander in Brander 1766)
recombined as Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica caillati
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
"Epitonium" reticulatum
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Drillia granulata (Lamarck 1804)
recombined as Crassispira (Tripia) granulata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Solariaxis canaliculatus
spelled with current rank as Architectonica (Solariaxis)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odontostomia hordeola
Odontostomia sp. Jefferys 1839
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Entaliopsis) striatum
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula extensa
Ditrupa plana
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae
Cythere striatopunctata
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cytheridea muelleri
Anthozoa - Pennatulacea
Graphularia wetherelli Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia sp. Lamarck 1816
unclassified
Otolithus sp. Cuvier 1829
synonym of Otolithes
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Hampshire
Coordinates: 50.9° North, 1.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.3° North, 5.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:35 meters
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
Local bed:F
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: the lettering refers to a system used at Burton's other Barton localities
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:ferruginous,white sandstone
Secondary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: friable white sand stained by iron-oxide overlying tenacious grey shell-clay weathering bluish green
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: the original reference for this locality is given in a publication called Ringwood Memoir (1902) by Clement Reid, if it can be tracked down
Metadata
Database number:42662
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:E. Leckey
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2004-08-03 13:58:08 Last modified:2006-07-31 00:43:12
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-03 13:58:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11344. E. S.t. J. Burton. 1933. Faunal Horizons of the Barton Beds in Hampshire. Proceedings of the Geologist's Association 44:131-167 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen]