Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection): Ypresian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Brachaetus muelleri
Casier 1966
Aulopsis egertoni n. gen., n. sp.
Casier 1966
Aulopsis depressifrons n. sp.
Casier 1966
Beerichtys ingens n. gen., n. sp.
Casier 1966
Laparodon alticeps n. gen., n. sp.
Casier 1966
Eoceolopoma colei
Casier 1966
Eoceolopoma curvatum
Casier 1966
f. tenuistriatum
Eoceolopoma hopwoodi n. sp.
Casier 1966
Eoceolopoma gigas n. sp.
Casier 1966
Ariodus marriotti
Casier 1966
Ancestrus ornatus
Casier 1966
Ancestrus elongatus n. sp.
Casier 1966
Neptunavis miranda n. gen., n. sp.
Swinton 1934
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae
Londinimola williamsi Collins and Saward 2006
Collins and Saward 2006
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Scyllaridae
Scyllaridia belli
Woodward 1870
replaced by Scyllarides
Acipenseriformes
Cylindracanthus rectus (Agassiz 1843)
Casier 1966
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844
Casier 1966
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Macrodontopteryx oweni n. gen., n. sp. Harrison and Walker 1976
Harrison and Walker 1976
Lithornis emuinus n. sp. Bowerbank 1854
Mayr 2008
recombined as Dasornis emuinus
Dasornis londinensis n. gen., n. sp. Owen 1870
Swinton 1934
synonym of Dasornis emuinus
Argillornis longipennis n. sp. Owen 1878
Swinton 1934
synonym of Dasornis emuinus
Odontopteryx toliapica n. gen., n. sp. Owen 1873
Mayr 2008
recombined as Dasornis toliapica
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Primodroma bournei Harrison and Walker 1977
Mlikovsky 2002
Reptilia - Apodiformes
Primapus lacki Harrison and Walker 1975
1 specimen
paratype
Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyidae
Anglocetus beatsoni n. gen., n. sp. Tarlo 1963
Tarlo 1963 1 specimen
synonym of Eosphargis gigas
fragments of right scapula
Reptilia - Palaeophiidae
Palaeophis longus n. sp. Owen 1849
Owen 1849
Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Argillotherium toliapicum n. sp. Davies 1884
Benton et al. 2005
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium leporinum Owen 1841
Benton et al. 2005
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hyracotherium aff. vulpiceps (Owen 1858)
Hooker 1980 2 specimens
original and current combination Pliolophus vulpiceps
BMNH 38939, 47986 - mandibular fragments without tooth crowns
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Leptacodon sp. Matthew and Granger 1921
Smith and Smith 2003 1 specimen
Mammalia - Primates - Toliapinidae
Toliapina lawsoni n. sp. Hooker et al. 1999
Hooker et al. 1999
NHMUK M51610 - type
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Platychoerops richardsonii (Charlesworth 1855)
Benton et al. 2005
original and current combination Platychoerops richardsoni
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Lehmanamia sheppeyensis n. gen., n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena bognorensis n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula oweni (Agassiz 1844)
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Megalopidae
Megalops oblongus (Woodward 1901)
Casier 1966
recombined as Protarpon oblongus
Promegalops signeuxae n. gen., n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Promegalops sheppeyensis n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Megalops priscus Woodward 1901
Casier 1966
recombined as Protarpon priscus
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Elopidae
Esocelops cavifrons Woodward 1901
Casier 1966
Elops sp. Linnaeus 1766
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Egertonia isodonta Cocchi 1866
Casier 1966
Phyllodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Osmeroididae
Halecopsis insignis (Delvaux and Orlieb 1844)
Casier 1966
original and current combination Osmeroides insignis
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Aulopidae
Labrophagus esocinus n. gen., n. sp.
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Synodidae
Argillichthys toombsi n. gen., n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Rhinocephalus planiceps n. gen., n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Berycidae
Argilloberyx prestwichae n. gen., n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Holocentriformes - Holocentridae
Naupygus bucklandi n. gen., n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Myripristis toliapicus Agassiz 1845
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Ephippiformes - Ephippidae
Whitephippus tamesis n. gen., n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Perciformes
Xiphiorhynchus priscus (Agassiz 1839)
Casier 1966
original and current combination Tetrapterus priscus
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Serranidae
Plesioserranus cf. wemmeliensis (Storms 1898)
Casier 1966
original and current combination Serranus wemmeliensis
Percostoma angustum n. gen., n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Serranopsis londinensis n. gen., n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Sciaenurus bowerbanki Agassiz 1845
Casier 1966
nov. f. crassior
Podocephalus nitidus n. gen., n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Podocephalus curryi n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Pseudosphaerodon antiquus n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae
Teratichthys antiquitatis (Konig 1825)
Casier 1966
original and current combination Teratichthys antiquitatus
Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Istiophoridae
Hemirhabdorhynchus elliotti n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae
Xiphiorhynchus sp. Van Beneden 1871
Casier 1966
Xiphiorhynchus parvus n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Tamesichthys decipens n. gen., n. sp.
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Bramidae
Bramoides brieni n. gen., n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Goniocranion arambourgi n. gen., n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Gempylidae
Progempylus edwardsi n. gen., n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Wetherellus brevior n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Wetherellus longior n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Wetherellus cristatus n. gen., n. sp. (Agassiz 1844)
Casier 1966
original and current combination Pachycephalus cristatus
Scombrinus macropomus (Agassiz 1839)
Casier 1966
original and current combination Cybium macropomum
Scombrinus nuchalis Woodward 1901
Casier 1966
Thunnini indet. (Starks 1910)
Monsch 2004 1 specimen
BMNH P4300
Woodwardella patellifrons n. gen., n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Eothynnus salmoneus n. gen., n. sp. Woodward 1901
Woodward 1901 4 specimens
Eothynnus salmoneus Woodward 1901
Casier 1966
Cybium cf. proosti Storms 1895
Casier 1966
recombined as Palaeocybium proosti
Gymnosarda prisca Monsch 2000
Monsch and Bannikov 2011
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Eutrichiurides winkleri Casier 1946
Casier 1966
Trichiurides sagittidens Winkler 1874
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Scombriformes
Scombramphodon sheppeyensis n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Scombramphodon crassidens (Agassiz 1844)
Casier 1966
original and current combination Sphyraenodus crassidens
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Palaeorhynchidae
Enniskillenus radiatus n. gen., n. sp. (Agassiz 1833)
Casier 1966
Aglyptorhynchus venablesi n. sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Aglyptorhynchus sulcatus (Casier 1946)
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Scombriformes
Sphyraenodus pirscus
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Ampheristus toliapicus König 1825
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Bagridae
Bucklandium diluvii König 1825
Casier 1966
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus sp. Agassiz 1833
Casier 1966
Pycnodus bowerbanki Egerton 1877
Casier 1966
Pycnodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839
Casier 1966
unclassified
Rhynchorhinus branchialis Woodward 1901
Casier 1966
Rhynchorhinus major Woodward 1901
Casier 1966
Iniomi - Beerichthyidae
Beerichthys sp. Casier 1966
Casier 1966
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina praecursor Leriche 1942
Casier 1966
Oxyrhina sheppeyensis n. sp. Cassier 1966
Casier 1966
Chondrichthyes - Notidanidae
Xenodolamia eocaena (Woodward 1889)
Casier 1966
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Squalus minor (Daimeries 1888)
Casier 1966
Chondrichthyes - Dalatiidae
Isistius trituratus (Winkler 1874)
Casier 1966
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina prima (Winkler 1874)
Casier 1966
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus wardenensis n. sp.
Casier 1966
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816
Casier 1966
Heterodontus vincenti (Leriche 1905)
Casier 1966
original and current combination Cestracion vincenti
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notidanus serratissimus Agassiz 1843
Casier 1966
recombined as Notorhynchus serratissimus
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus minor (Agassiz 1835)
Casier 1966
Galeorhinus lefevrei (Daimeries 1891)
Casier 1966
recombined as Pachygaleus lefevrei
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816
Casier 1966
Scyliorhinus minutissimus Winkler 1873
Casier 1966
Scyliorhinus biauriculatus (Casier 1946)
Casier 1966
Scyliorhinus aff. gilberti Casier 1946
Casier 1966
recombined as Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physodon tertius (Winkler 1874)
Casier 1966
synonym of Physodon secundus
Hypoprion sp. Muller and Henle 1838
Casier 1966
Physodon secundus (Winkler 1876)
Casier 1966
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816
Casier 1966
Lamna affinis Casier 1950
Casier 1966
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838
Casier 1966
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905
Casier 1966
Odontaspis trigonalis (Jackel 1895)
Casier 1966
recombined as Jaekelotodus trigonalis
Odontaspis robusta Leriche 1905
Casier 1966
recombined as Jaekelotodus robusta
Lamna verticalis (Agassiz 1843)
Casier 1966
recombined as Hypotodus verticalis
Lamna lerichei Casier 1946
Casier 1966
recombined as Brachycarcharias lerichei
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Lamna obliqua (Agassiz 1838)
Casier 1966
original and current combination Otodus obliquus
subspecies subserrata
Odontaspis macrota (Agassiz 1838)
Casier 1966
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis hopei (Agassiz 1843)
Casier 1966
recombined as Carcharias hopei
Odontaspis aff. hopei (Agassiz 1843)
Casier 1966
recombined as Carcharias hopei
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis davisi n. sp. Cassier 1966
Casier 1966
Raja cf. duponti (Winkler 1874)
Casier 1966
recombined as Dasyatis duponti
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis dixoni Agassiz 1843
Casier 1966
recombined as Aetomylaeus dixoni
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Casier 1966
Myliobatis toliapicus (Agassiz 1843)
Casier 1966
Myliobatis latidens Woodward 1888
Casier 1966
Rhinoptera davisesi
Casier 1966
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus irregularis (Agassiz 1843)
Casier 1966
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
Edaphodon bucklandi Agassiz 1843
Casier 1966
synonym of Edaphodon eurygnathus
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae
Chimaera venablesae Cassier 1966
Casier 1966
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Elasmodus hunteri Egerton 1843
Casier 1966
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Kent
Coordinates: 51.4° North, 0.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.9° North, 1.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Altitude:1 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Early/Lower Eocene
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:London Clay
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: MP8 + 9, NP12 (from Smith & Smith, 2003)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collection method comments: Paratype of n. gen. and sp. Pimapus lacki, BMNH A3710, collected in 1936 by A. G. Davis.
Taxonomic list comments:whale locality, "north shore Isle of Sheppey, Ord. Surv. sheet 172 map ref 975734"
Metadata
Database number:13299
Authorizer:J. Hunter, C. Schweitzer, R. Butler, A. Dunhill, M. Clapham, M. Uhen, M. Carrano, J. Alroy Enterer:J. Hunter, L. Baltzly, M. Uhen, M. Clapham, J. Alroy, M. Carrano, B. Allen, E. Leckey, J. Benito Moreno
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2002-02-19 07:58:36 Last modified:2022-07-12 20:35:12
Access level:the public Released:2002-02-19 07:58:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

4417.5% 30120C. J. O. Harrison and C. A. Walker. 1975. A new swift from the Lower Eocene of Britain. Ibis 117(2):162-164 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/J. Hunter]

Secondary references:

61794 M. J. Benton, E. Cook, and J. J. Hooker. 2005. Mesozoic and Tertiary Fossil Mammals and Birds of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series 32:215 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]
28173 E. Casier. 1966. Faune ichthyologique du London Clay 1-510 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/M. Uhen]
82130 J. S. H. Collins and J. Saward. 2006. Three new genera and species of crabs from the Lower Eocene London Clay of Essex, England. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33:67-76 [M. Clapham/R. Valdez]
40316 J. O. Harrison and C. A. Walker. 1976. A review of the bony-toothed birds (Odontopterygiformes): With descriptions of some new species. Tertiary Research Special Paper 2:1-62 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
61573 J. J. Hooker. 1980. The succession of Hyracotherium (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) in the English early Eocene. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 22(2):101-114 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]
10304 J. J. Hooker, D. E. Russell, and A. Phelzion. 1999. A new family of Plesiadapiformes (Mammalia) from the Old World Lower Paleogene. Palaeontology 42(3):377-407 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/P. Mannion]
28336 G. Mayr. 2008. A skull of the giant bony-toothed bird Dasornis (Aves: Pelagornithidae) from the Lower Eocene of the Isle of Sheppey. Palaeontology 51(5):1107-1116 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
58139 J. Mlikovsky. 2002. Cenozoic Birds of the World. 1-417 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
59856 K. A. Monsch. 2004. Revision of the scombroid fishes from the Cenozoic of England. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 95:445-489 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
59519 K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov. 2011. New taxonomic synopses and revision of the scombroid fishes (Scombroidei, Perciformes), including billfishes, from the Cenozoic of territories of the former USSR. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102(4):253-300 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
67602 R. Owen. 1849. A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part I. 1-328 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen]
197075% 57680T. 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]
65100 W. E. Swinton. 1934. A Guide to the Fossil Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians in the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S.W. 7 xii-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
10630 L. B. H. Tarlo. 1963. A primitive whale from the London Clay of the Isle of Sheppey. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 74(3):319-323 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Vlachos]
45833 A. S. Woodward. 1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]
44966decapod H. Woodward. 1870. Contributions to British Fossil Crustacea. The Geological Magazine 7(77):493-497 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly/L. Baltzly]