Where: United Kingdom (51.9° N, 1.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 43.0° N, 8.7° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: London Clay Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• "Lower Eocene London Clay"
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by M. Daniels, A. Oxford in 1991; reposited in the BMNH
• figured specimen from a private collection
Primary reference: G. Mayr and M. Daniels. 2001. A new short-legged landbird from the early Eocene of Wyoming and contemporaneous European sites. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46(3):393-402 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85229: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.12.2008, edited by Mark Uhen, Graeme Lloyd and Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes | |
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"Rhinoptera daviesi" = Burnhamia daviesi1
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"Odontaspis hopei" = Carcharias hopei1
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"Lamna obliqua" = Otodus obliquus1
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Aves | |
Charadriisimilis essexensis n. gen. n. sp.7
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Waltonirrisor tendringensis n. gen. n. sp.6
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cf. Fluvioviridavis sp. Mayr and Daniels 2001 bird | |
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Coracii indet.6, "Laputa robusta n. gen. n. sp." = Laputavis robusta2, ? Primobucco sp.6, Septencoracias morsensis6, Septencoracias simillimus n. sp.6
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Tynskya waltonensis n. sp.5
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Eocolius walkeri n. gen. n. sp.3
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"Anatalavis oxfordi n. gen. n. sp." = Nettapterornis oxfordi8
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