Whitecliff Bay, Bembridge Marl (Bed 36) Isle of Wight: Late/Upper Eocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cyrenidae
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Cyrena obovata
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Cyrena cuneiformis
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea spp.
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| two species | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Melanopsidae
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Melanopsis sp.
Férussac 1807
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamides acutus
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Potamides cinctus
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Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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Melania fasciata
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| synonym of Thiara | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 1.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 5.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
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: | Bembridge Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: This author numbers beds for the whole area in one series, this is bed number 36. It seems to correspond to the "Oyster Bed" of Bosma, 1974 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow argillaceous "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,gray,green marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: marls and earthy limestones with fossils | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 39705 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-06-03 16:50:22 | Last modified: | 2006-08-13 18:12:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-03 16:50:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10745. | J. Prestwich. 1846. On the Tertiary or SupraCretaceous Formations of the Isle of Wight as exhibited in the sections at Alum Bay and White Cliff Bay. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 2:233-259 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |