Ockendon Clay Plant: Ypresian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis wochadunensis n. sp.
Ward 1979
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
Coordinates: | 51.5° North, 0.3° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.0° North, 2.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | London Clay | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Wrigley's Division 1 of the London Clay, sedimentary rhythm A of King, Sparnacian or Ypresian, planktonic foraminiferal zone P6e |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 91358 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2009-09-16 08:15:37 | Last modified: | 2009-09-16 11:15:37 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-09-16 08:15:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
30734. | D. J. Ward. 1979. Additions to the fish fauna of the English Palaeogene. 2. A new species of Dasyatis (Sting Ray) from the London Clay (Eocene) of Essex, England. Tertiary Research 2(2):75-81 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |