Herne Bay: Thanetian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Lithornithidae
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| Harrison and Walker 1977 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Arctocyonides arenae
Russell 1964
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Kubisz 2001 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| NHMUK M61214 (dp4 tooth) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Kent |
| 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: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Thanetian | Nannofossil zone: | NP9 |
| Age range of interval: | 59.24 - 56 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Upnor | Member: | Beltinge Fish Bed | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: late Thanetian, NP9 nannofossil zone, Mammalian reference level MP6 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | foreshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 68433 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-01-22 08:24:12 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-01-22 08:24:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42904. | J. J. Hooker and C. Millbank. 2001. A Cernaysian mammal from the Upnor Formation (Late Palaeocene, Herne Bay, UK) and its implications for correlation. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 112:331-338 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 74648 | C. J. O. Harrison and C. A. Walker. 1977. Birds of the British Lower Eocene. Tertiary Research Group 3:1-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 49204 | D. Kubisz. 2001. Succimorda rubromaculata, a new genus and species from Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Mordellidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 48:273-275 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 19707 | 5% 57680 | T. Smith and R. Smith. 2003. Terrestrial mammals as biostratigraphic indicators in upper Paleocene-lower Eocene marine deposits of the southern North Sea Basin. Geological Society of America Special Paper 369:513-520 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |