Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 4.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Elmore Formation (Bracklesham Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• authors are erecting this as a new formation, within the Huntingbridge division, Bracklesham Group. They equate it with the Selsley division, so I'm calling it Lutetian. The sequence is 9.05 m thick and is overlain by Pleistocene and Recent deposits.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandy claystone and argillaceous, silty sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: concretion
Reposited in the BMNH
• and Gosport Museum
Primary reference: D. J. Kemp, A. D. King, C. King and W. J. Quayle. 1979. Stratigraphy and Biota of the Elmore Formation (Huntingbridge division, Bracklesham Group) at Lee-on-the-Solent, Gosport, Hampshire. Tertiary Research 2(2):93-103 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41888: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 21.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
"Chelone" sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea turtle | |
Mammalia | |
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Palaeotherium sp., "Propalaeotherium cf. parvulum" = Eurohippus parvulus
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Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844 sturgeon | |
Cylindracanthus rectus Agassiz 1843 ray-finned fish | |
Actinopteri | |
Conger sp., "Gnathophis eocenicus" = Rhynchoconger eocenicus
Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760 conger eel | |
Brychaetus sp. Agassiz 1845 arowana | |
Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish | |
Prolates sp. Priem 1899 perch-like fish | |
Eotrigonodon serratus Gervais 1852 | |
"? Lutianus concavus" = Lutjanus
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Xiphiorhynchus sp. Van Beneden 1871 sword fish | |
Sphyraenodus lerichei Casier 1944 | |
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895 | |
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Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766 bowfin | |
Pycnodus sp. Agassiz 1833 | |
Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish dermal denticles, vertebrae, tail spines and coprolites of indeterminate sharks and rays
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Chondrichthyes | |
"Edaphodon bucklandi" = Edaphodon eurygnathus
"Edaphodon bucklandi" = Edaphodon eurygnathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis duponti Winkler 1874 whiptail stingray | |
"Aetobatis irregularis" = Aetobatus irregularis
"Aetobatis irregularis" = Aetobatus irregularis Agassiz 1843 stingray | |
Burnhamia daviesi, Archaeomanta sp., "Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni, "Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus, Myliobatis cf. toliapicus
Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray
Archaeomanta sp. Herman 1979 eagle ray
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
"Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis cf. toliapicus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray | |
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish | |
Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894 wedgefish | |
"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis
"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis Jaekel 1894 guitarfish | |
Galeorhinus cf. ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark
Galeorhinus minor Agassiz 1835 school shark | |
"Galeorhinus recticonus" = Abdounia recticonia, "Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti, Scyliorhinus biauricalatus, Scyliorhinus spp., Scyliorhinus pattersoni, Scyliorhinus minutissimus
"Galeorhinus recticonus" = Abdounia recticonia Winkler 1873 cat shark
"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti Casier 1946 cat shark
Scyliorhinus biauricalatus cat shark
Scyliorhinus spp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
Scyliorhinus pattersoni Cappetta 1976 cat shark
Scyliorhinus minutissimus Winkler 1873 cat shark | |
Physodon secundus, "Physodon tertius" = Physogaleus secundus
Physodon secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
"Physodon tertius" = Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark | |
Hemiscyllium bruxelliensis Herman 1977 carpet shark | |
""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei, "Synodontaspis winkleri" = Odontaspis winkleri, Jaekelotodus trigonalis, Hypotodus robustus, Hypotodus verticalis
""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
"Synodontaspis winkleri" = Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
Hypotodus robustus sand tiger shark
Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark | |
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark | |
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark | |
"Synodontaspis hopei" = Carcharias hopei
"Synodontaspis hopei" = Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843 sand shark | |
Notorhynchus sp. Ayres 1855 sevengill shark | |
Squalus minor Daimeries 1888 dogfish shark | |
Squatina prima Winkler 1874 angel shark | |
Heterodontus woodwardi, "Heterodontus vincenti" = Cestracion vincenti
Heterodontus woodwardi Casier 1946 bullhead shark
"Heterodontus vincenti" = Cestracion vincenti Leriche 1905 bullhead shark |