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: Selsey Formation (Bracklesham Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Kemp calls the Selsey a "division", Hooker, 1996 calls it a formation. These beds are part of the "Silt Bed" , L3vi-L4
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; glauconitic, gray, silty, sandy claystone and bioturbated, glauconitic, pebbly, shelly/skeletal, silty, carbonaceous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: sieve,
Primary reference: D. Kemp. 1985. The Selsey Division (Bracklesham Group) at Lee-on-the-Solent, Gosport, (Hants). Tertiary Research 7(2):35-44 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41989: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 22.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•Chimaeroids: plates & spines Teleosts: skulls, teeth, jaw parts, otoliths
•Reptiles: bones, carapace & skulls Birds: limb bones
•Mammals: teeth, jaw fragments & bones
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Propalaeotherium sp. Gervais odd-toed ungulate | |
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont | |
Reptilia | |
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile | |
Palaeophis typhaeus Owen 1850 snake | |
"Chelone" sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea turtle | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Milvoides kempi Harrison and Walker 1979 hawk | |
Actinopteri | |
Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760 conger eel | |
Egertonia sp. Cocchi 1866 | |
Arius egertoni Ariid catfish | |
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis Frost 1934 flatfish | |
"Brachyrhynchus sp." = Istiophorus
"Brachyrhynchus sp." = Istiophorus Lacépède 1802 | |
Eotrigonodon serratus Gervais 1852 | |
Triodon antiquus Leriche 1905 | |
Platylaemus sp. Dixon 1850
Platylaemus colei Dixon 1850 | |
Prolates sp. Priem 1899 perch-like fish | |
Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish | |
Apogon bellovacinus Priem 1911 Cardinalfish | |
Callionymus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Cybium sp., "Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti
Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895 | |
Sphyraenodus lerichei Casier 1944 | |
Aglyptorhynchus sp. Casier 1966 | |
Trachinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Pycnodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839 | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844 sturgeon | |
Cylindracanthus rectus Agassiz 1843 ray-finned fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray | |
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray
Aetobatus irregularis Agassiz 1843 stingray | |
Myliobatis toliapicus, Myliobatis latidens, Burnhamia sp., Burnhamia daviesi, Archaeomanta melenhorsti, "Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni, "Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus, Rhinoptera sherborni
Myliobatis toliapicus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis latidens Woodward 1888 eagle ray
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray
Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979 eagle ray
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
"Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sherborni White 1926 cownose ray | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray | |
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray | |
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark
Heterodontus woodwardi Casier 1946 bullhead shark
"Heterodontus vincenti" = Cestracion vincenti Leriche 1905 bullhead shark | |
Squatina prima Winkler 1874 angel shark | |
Squalus minor Daimeries 1888 dogfish shark | |
Isistius trituratus Winkler 1874 shark | |
"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis
"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis Jaekel 1894 guitarfish | |
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish | |
Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894 wedgefish | |
Notorhynchus kempi sevengill shark | |
Jaekelotodus trigonalis, Hypotodus verticalis, ""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei, Odontaspis winkleri
Jaekelotodus trigonalis Jackel 1895 sand tiger shark
Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark | |
Isurolamna affinis mackerel shark | |
Isurus praecursor, "Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark
"Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus Blainville 1818 white shark | |
"Eugomphodus macrotus" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus acutissima" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus substriata" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus hopei" = Carcharias
"Eugomphodus macrotus" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus acutissima" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus substriata" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus hopei" = Carcharias sand shark | |
Alopias leensis thresher shark | |
Hemiscyllium bruxelliense carpet shark | |
Palaeorhincodon wardi carpet shark | |
Eostegostoma angusta carpet shark | |
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark | |
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Scyliorhinus sp., Scyliorhinus pattersoni, Abdounia sp., Abdounia lapierrei, "Galeorhinus recticonus" = Abdounia recticonia, "Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
Scyliorhinus pattersoni Cappetta 1976 cat shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark
Abdounia lapierrei cat shark
"Galeorhinus recticonus" = Abdounia recticonia Winkler 1873 cat shark
"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti Casier 1946 cat shark | |
Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark
Triakis wardi hound shark
Mustelus whitei hound shark | |
Amylodon sp. Storms 1894 chimaera | |
Edaphodon minor chimaera
"Edaphodon bucklandi" = Edaphodon eurygnathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Edaphodon leptognathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Elasmodus kempi Ward 1977 plownose chimaera |