Seafield, Isle of Wight (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 44.9° N, 4.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Seagrove bay Member (Headon Hill Formation), Priabonian (37.7 - 33.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; concretionary lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184759: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 21.03.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Palaeotherium magnum Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae
Choeropotamus parisiensis Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate