Where: England, United Kingdom (51.0° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 5.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Barton Clay Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sandstone and shale
Collection methods: This collection based on fossils in stream gravels.
Primary reference: R. J. Cordiner and D. A. Bone. 1986. Exposures of the Barton Beds along the Highland Water in the New Forest, Hants. Tertiary Research 7(4):133-137 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 3263: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 28.07.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Demospongiae | |
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Hexactinellida | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
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Sedentaria | |
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Gastropoda | |
Sigapatella aperta slipper shell | |
Turritella edita, "Turritella conoidea" = Haustator conoidea
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"Eocantharus lavatus" = Cantharus (Eocantharus)
"Eocantharus lavatus" = Cantharus (Eocantharus) true whelk | |
Sveltella microstoma snail
Bonellitia evulsa Solander 1766 snail | |
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute
Volutocorbis scabricula Linnaeus 1758 volute | |
Rimella rimosa Solander 1766 true conch | |
Bivalvia | |
Glans oblonga clam | |
Crassatella sulcata Solander 1866 clam | |
Chama squamosa jewel box | |
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Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Stenolaemata | |
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Gymnolaemata | |
Cheilostomata indet. Busk 1859 | |
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