Whitecliff Bay, Barton Beds (Bed 16) Isle of Wight: Bartonian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Cerithia sp.
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= Cerithia cinctum
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Prestwich 1846 | |||||||||
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Nummulitidae
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Nummulites sp.
Lamarck 1801
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= Nummulites elegans
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Prestwich 1846 | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium entale
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Prestwich 1846 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea spp.
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Prestwich 1846 | |||||||||
| 3 species | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia striata
Brocchi 1814
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Prestwich 1846 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula revoluta
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Prestwich 1846 | |||||||||
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Corbula pisum
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Prestwich 1846 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Venus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia planicosta
Lamarck 1801
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= Venericardia planicostata
Lamarck 1801
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Prestwich 1846 | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericor planicosta | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Prestwich 1846 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Fusus longaevus
(Solander 1766)
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Prestwich 1846 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Voluta sp.
Linnaeaus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Prestwich 1846 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Prestwich 1846 | |||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Flustridae
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Flustra sp.
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Prestwich 1846 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 1.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.5° North, 5.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Barton Beds | Local bed: | 16 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: This bed is one of the thickest in the "London Clay" sequence recognized by Prestwich and Bowerbank. I'm using Prestwich's numbering system for the unit (Bowerbank numbers it 12). I have correlated it with Bosma's naming system as the Barton Beds. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | pebbly,shelly/skeletal sandy,calcareous claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | brown,gray sandy,calcareous claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: This bed is dark greenish gray sand and clay. This unit in general is clay with sands and marls, in places it has pebble or shell beds. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 40512 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-06-24 10:57:45 | Last modified: | 2004-06-30 15:11:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-24 10:57:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10907. | J. S. Bowerbank. 1839. On the London and Plastic Clay Formations of the Isle of Wight. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 2 6:169-172 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |