How Ledge Limestone clay unit, Headon Hill: Priabonian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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Amphiperatherium sp.
Filhol 1879
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Hooker 2014 | |||||||||
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Peratherium cuvieri
Fisher 1829
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Hooker 2014 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Pseudoloris parvulus
(Filhol 1890)
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Hooker 2014 | |||||||||
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Vectipithex smithorum n. gen., n. sp.
Hooker and Harrison 2008
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Hooker and Harrison 2008 | |||||||||
| NHMUK M45654 - holotype | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Pseudosciuridae
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Treposciurus gardneri
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Hooker 2014 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Theridomyidae
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Suevosciurus bosmae
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Hooker 2014 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Bransatoglis bahloi
Bosma and de Bruijn 1982
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Hooker 2014 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Miniglis minor
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Hooker 2014 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Glamys priscus
(Stehlin and Schaub 1951)
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Hooker 2014 | |||||||||
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Gliravus daamsi
Bosma and de Bruijn 1982
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Hooker 2014 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Saturninia gracilis
Stehlin 1940
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Hooker 2014 | |||||||||
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Euronyctia grisollensis
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Hooker 2014 | |||||||||
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Cryptotopos woodi
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Hooker 2014 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Paradoxonycteris informal Sp. 1
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Hooker 2014 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Eotalpa anglica
Sigé et al. 1977
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| left dentary with M1 (SMNS.42412); left metacarpal II (HZM.355.28418); right metacarpal IV (M65824); distal left tibia (M65821); distal right tibia (M65826); two right astragali (HZM.408.28990; HZM.165.26920); left metatarsal II (M65820); left metatarsal III (M62139); proximal left metatarsal III (M65822); left metatarsal V (HZM.153.26764); distal metapodial (M65825); second phalanx (M65823) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Heterohyus nanus
Teihard de Chardin 1916
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Hooker 2014 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Isle of Wight |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 1.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 5.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Headon Hill | Member: | Totland Bay |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Lignitic clay | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 184230 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
| Created: | 2017-02-09 19:17:07 | Last modified: | 2018-12-12 10:58:47 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2019-02-09 19:17:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61574. | J. J. Hooker. 2015. Skeletal adaptations and phylogeny of the oldest mole Eotalpa (Talpidae, Lipotyphla, Mammalia) from the UK Eocene: the beginning of fossoriality in moles. Palaeontology 59(2):195-216 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 61575 | J. J. Hooker. 2014. New postcranial bones of the extinct mammalian family Nyctitheriidae (Paleogene, UK): Primitive euarchontans with scansorial locomotion. Palaeontologia Electronica 17.3.47A:1-91 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 62212 | J. J. Hooker and D. L. Harrison. 2008. A new clade of omomyid primates from the European Paleogene. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):826-840 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |