M27 Motorway: Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Nummulitidae
Nummulites laevigatus
abundant
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
occasional; spines and fragements of test
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Jacqhermania duponti
original and current combination Jacquhermania
occasional - originally entered as "Jacquhermania duponti"
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Hypolophodon sylvestris (White 1931)
rare
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis jaekeli (Leriche 1906)
occasional
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
abundant; fragments
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos bruxelliensis (Jaekel 1894)
original and current combination Rhinobatus bruxelliensis
occasional - originally entered as "Rhinobatus bruxelliensis"
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894
occasional
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Squalus minor (Daimeries 1888)
rare
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus lefevrei (Daimeries 1891)
recombined as Pachygaleus lefevrei
occasional
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816
rare - originally entered as "Scyliorhinus spp."
Scyliorhinus gilberti Casier 1946
recombined as Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti
occasional
Abdounia recticona
occasional
Abdounia minutissima (Winkler 1874)
common
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus secundus (Winkler 1876)
recombined as Physodon secundus
occasional
Scoliodon sp. Muller and Henle 1837
common
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias hopei (Agassiz 1843)
occasional
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus novus
occasional
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota (Agassiz 1838)
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
occasional
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus suessionensis
occasional
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae
Trisopterus dimidiatus
occasional
Actinopteri - Haemulidae
Lutianus kokeni (Leriche 1905)
recombined as Haemulidarum kokeni
occasional
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Labrus sp. Linnaeus 1758
occasional
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Brosmophycis elegans
occasional
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Egertonia sp. Cocchi 1866
occasional
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
common; dermal denticles
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Sclerostyla mellevillei
rare
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium bartonense
occasional
Pseudantalis sp. Monterosato 1884
spelled with current rank as Dentalium (Pseudantilis)
rare
Cephalopoda - Sepiida - Belosepiidae
Belosepia sepioidea Blainville 1825
occasional
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Sigapatella echinulata (Sowerby 1815)
common
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Omalaxis sp. n. sp. Deshayes 1832
common - originally entered as "Omalaxis sp. nov."
Sigmesalia fasciata (Lamarck 1804)
occasional
Haustator conoidea (Sowerby 1814)
"conoidea var. elongata" occasional - originally entered as "Haustator conoidea var. elongata"
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira labellata
occasional
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Neojanacus squamaeformis
rare
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina cochlearella (Lamarck 1804)
recombined as Rissoina (Rissoina) cochlearella
rare
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853
rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
? Tuba sp. Lea 1823
rare - originally entered as "Tuba? sp."
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Brachystomia lubrica
occasional
Cossmannica emarginata
spelled with current rank as Tiberia (Cossmannica)
rare
Odostomia pyramidellata
rare
cf. Odostomia turbonilloides
occasional - originally entered as "Odostomia cf. turbonilloides"
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817
"(s.l.) sp." rare - originally entered as "Odostomia (s.l.) sp."
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Granosolarium sp. (Sacco 1892)
rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838
rare
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Volvulella radius
rare
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
rare
Bivalvia
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
rare - originally entered as "Nuclua sp."
    = Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Hendy 2008
Nucula = Cretaceous-Recent
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana galeottiana (Nyst 1843)
occasional
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Clavagella coronata Deshayes 1824
recombined as Stirpulina coronata
rare
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
? Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
rare - originally entered as "?Panopea sp."
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solena plagiaulax (Cossmann 1886)
recombined as Solena (Eosolen) plagiaulax
rare
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo s.l.
rare
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bicorbula gallica (Lamarck 1801)
recombined as Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica
occasional
Corbula rugosella
abundant
Caryocorbula pixidicula (Deshayes 1857)
common
aff. Caestocorbula ficus n. sp.
"ficus sp. nov." occasional - originally entered as "Caestocorbula aff. ficus sp. nov."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
rare - originally entered as "Charma sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Lutetia parisiensis Deshayes 1860
common
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sulcatarius (Deshayes 1825)
recombined as Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius
occasional
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814
"gen. indet." rare - originally entered as "Tellinid gen. indet."
Elliptotellina sp. Cossmann 1886
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Elliptotellina)
rare
Tellinella sp. Mörch 1853
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Tellinella)
rare
cf. Macaliopsis craticula (Sowerby 1850)
recombined as Arcopagia craticula
rare - originally entered as "Macaliopsis cf. craticula"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Orthocardium porulosum (Solander 1766)
recombined as Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum
rare; Orthocardium porulosum porulosum
Nemocardium brabanticum
rare
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
cf. Monitilora elegans (Defrance 1823)
recombined as Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans
common - originally entered as "Monitilora cf. elegans"
Divaricellinae indet. Gilbert 1967
"gen. indet." rare - originally entered as "Divaricellinae gen. indet."
Gibbolucina gibbosula (Lamarck 1806)
recombined as Gibbolucina (Gibbolucina) gibbosula
occasional
Gonimyrtea galeottiana (Nyst 1843)
rare - originally entered as "Gonimytrea galeottiana"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella planiuscula
occasional
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia carinata Sowerby 1819
recombined as Claibornicardia carinata
rare
Venericardia elegans Lamarck 1806
recombined as Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) elegans
common
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella bonei
occasional
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Semimodiola sp.
rare - originally entered as "Semimodiola? sp."
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea elegans Deshayes 1832
recombined as Cubitostrea elegans
rare
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Trigonodesma lissa (Bayan 1873)
rare
Barbatia appendiculata (Sowerby 1820)
recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata
rare
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
? Meniscopora bigibbera
rare - originally entered as "?Meniscopora bigibbera"
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia dixoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
rare
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Hampshire
Coordinates: 51.1° North, 1.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.5° North, 4.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene
Key time interval:Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Bracklesham
Local section:M27 Motorway Local bed:DC 9+-10
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:3258
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky, A. Hendy Enterer:K. Layou, A. Hendy
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-28 08:17:00 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:06
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
149. D. A. Bone, J. A. Todd, and S. Tracey. 1991. Fossils from the Bracklesham Group exposed in the M27 Motorway excavations, Southampton, Hampshire. Tertiary Research 12(3-4):131-137 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

26349 A. J. W. Hendy. 2008. Personal opinions and reidentification of pre-Cenozoic Mollusca. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]