Tunnel Hill, Middle Barton Beds, Surrey: Late/Upper Eocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Serpuloides cancellatus
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita sulcata (Solander 1766)
recombined as Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella ? sulcata (Solander 1866)
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Clavagella coronata Deshayes 1824
recombined as Stirpulina coronata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula lamarckii
Corbula longirostrum
Corbula pisum
Corbula gallica Lamarck 1801
recombined as Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium turgidum Solander 1766
Cardium porulosum Solander 1766
recombined as Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten reconditus (Solander 1766)
recombined as Mimachlamys reconditus
Pecten carinatus Sowerby 1828
recombined as Chlamys carinata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plicata (Solander 1766)
recombined as Cubitostrea plicata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Pectunculus deletus
synonym of Glycymeris
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula ? similis Cossmann and Pissarro 1904
recombined as Nucula (Pronucula) similis
?
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Trochita aperta (Solander 1766)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella imbricataria Lamarck 1804
recombined as Haustator imbricataria
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina sulcata
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Rimella rimosa (Solander 1766)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancillaria canalifera
synonym of Ancilla
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria evulsa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Pleurotoma biconus Edwards 1861
recombined as Asthenotoma biconus
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassidaria nodosa (Solander in Brander 1766)
recombined as Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora umbilicaris
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sigaretus clathratus
synonym of Sinum
Natica ambulacrum
Natica patula
Natica labellata Lamarck 1804
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla attenuata
?
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Bulla elliptica Sowerby 1824
recombined as Cylichna elliptica
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Solarium crenulare
spelled with current rank as Trochus (Solarium)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium striatum
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Surrey
Coordinates: 51.3° North, 0.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.8° North, 4.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Barton Beds Member:Middle
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Gardner et al. consider the Bracklesham and Barton beds to be part of the Bagshot Formation, for this locality they describe four beds, some with specific fossils, but don't say which bed corresponds to which unit on their taxonomic list.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,ferruginous,shelly/skeletal,yellow sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: yellow sands, with casts of fossils, iron concretions, and shells
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:42585
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:E. Leckey
Modifier:E. Leckey Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-08-02 16:42:19 Last modified:2004-08-02 19:42:20
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-02 16:42:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11308. J. S. Garnder, H. Keeping, and H. W. Monckton. 1888. The Upper Eocene, comprising the Barton and Upper Bagshot Formations. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 44:578-635 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]