Thanet Sands: Thanetian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polypodiopsida
- Osmundaceae
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Osmunda dowkeri axis
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Angiospermae
- Arecaceae
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Palmae species leaf
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Palmae species wood
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Pinopsida
- Pinales
- Pinaceae
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Pinus macrocephalus fertile axis
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Pinus prestwichi fertile axis
Gardner 1884
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 51.4° North, 1.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.5° North, 9.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| *Period: | Tertiary - Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene |
| *International age/stage: | Thanetian - Thanetian | ||
| Key time interval: | Thanetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 59.24 - 56 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Thanet |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified siltstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | unlithified sandstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression,permineralized,charcoalification,original carbon,replaced with pyrite |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Size sorting: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Encrustation: | occasional |
| Feeding/predation traces: | drill holes |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Herne Bay | ||
| Database number: | 21215 | ||
| Authorizer: | B. Tiffney | Enterer: | B. Tiffney |
| Modifier: | B. Tiffney | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-06-20 11:17:42 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2002-06-20 11:17:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6504. | M. E. J. Chandler. 1964. The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. IV. A summary and survey of findings in the light of recent botanical observations. [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney] |