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 "Pinna Bed", L7i-L7iv
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; glauconitic, gray, silty, sandy claystone and bioturbated, concretionary, pebbly, shelly/skeletal, gray, green, silty, sandy claystone
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 41996: 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
unclassified | |
Osteichthyes | |
Cylindracanthus rectus Agassiz 1843 ray-finned fish | |
Reptilia | |
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Lytoloma sp. Cope 1870 sea turtle
"Chelone" sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea turtle | |
Actinopteri | |
Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760 conger eel
Conger productus conger eel
Paraconger sauvagei Priem 1906 conger eel | |
Pterothrissus cristatus bonefish | |
Egertonia sp. Cocchi 1866 | |
Trachinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish
Dentex ovatus perch-like fish | |
Prolates sp. Priem 1899 perch-like fish | |
Eotrigonodon serratus Gervais 1852 | |
Pseudosphaerodon cf. antiquus Casier 1966
Platylaemus colei Dixon 1850 | |
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis Frost 1934 flatfish | |
Apogon bellovacinus Priem 1911 Cardinalfish | |
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895 | |
Sphyraenodus lerichei Casier 1944 | |
Callionymus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Selachii indet. shark | |
Isistius trituratus Winkler 1874 shark | |
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark
Heterodontus woodwardi Casier 1946 bullhead shark | |
Notorhynchus kempi sevengill shark | |
Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark
Triakis wardi hound shark | |
Scyliorhinus sp., Scyliorhinus pattersoni, "Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti, Abdounia sp., Abdounia lapierrei
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
Scyliorhinus pattersoni Cappetta 1976 cat shark
"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti Casier 1946 cat shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark
Abdounia lapierrei cat shark | |
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark | |
Eostegostoma angusta carpet shark | |
Hemiscyllium bruxelliense carpet shark | |
Nebrius thielensi nurse shark | |
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark | |
Odontaspis winkleri, Jaekelotodus trigonalis, Hypotodus verticalis, ""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
Jaekelotodus trigonalis Jackel 1895 sand tiger shark
Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark | |
Isurolamna affinis mackerel shark | |
"Eugomphodus macrotus" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus acutissima" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus hopei" = Carcharias
"Eugomphodus macrotus" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus acutissima" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus hopei" = Carcharias sand shark | |
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish | |
Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894 wedgefish | |
Rhinobatos bruxelliense guitarfish | |
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray | |
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni, "Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus, Burnhamia sp., Burnhamia daviesi
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
"Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray | |
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray | |
Aetobatus irregularis Agassiz 1843 stingray | |
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray |