Ockendon Clay Plant: Ypresian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis wochadunensis n. sp. Ward 1979
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]