Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 1.6° W: paleocoordinates 49.1° N, 5.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Upper Member (Headon Beds Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• thickness of this unit is approx. 60-70 ft.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; ferruginous, sandy, calcareous claystone and concretionary, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Forbes. 1856. On the Tertiary fluvio-marine formation of the Isle of Wight. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology 1-162 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40893: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 02.07.2004

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