Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 5.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Barton Clay Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• "Lower Barton Beds"; this bed is 4 ft thick
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; concretionary, glauconitic, gray, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: In the introduction, Burton says that he is reporting fauna "the horizons of which are known to the author", and states that he has collected 480 specimens. It is also clear that he is pulling from other sources, some published (in difficult to obtain British journals), some not. It's difficult to tell which are his and which aren't. This is not a definitive source for this collection, but I think it's a reasonable place to start.
Primary reference: E. S.t. J. Burton. 1933. Faunal Horizons of the Barton Beds in Hampshire. Proceedings of the Geologist's Association 44:131-167 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42639: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 03.08.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
unclassified | |
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Anthozoa | |
"Madrepora solanderi" = Acropora solanderi
"Madrepora solanderi" = Acropora solanderi Defrance 1828 stony coral | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Nautilidae indet. de Blainville 1825 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Ptychatractus interruptus Pilkington 1804 snail | |
"Pirena vulcanica" = Faunus
"Pirena vulcanica" = Faunus snail | |
"Turritella imbricaria" = Haustator imbricataria
"Turritella imbricaria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell | |
Pyrazus angulatus snail | |
Rimella rimosa Solander 1766 true conch | |
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Olivella branderi olive snail | |
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides Lamarck 1802 snail | |
Cominella sp. Gray 1850 true whelk | |
Clavilithes longaevus snail
Clavilithes macrospira snail
Clavilithes scalaris snail
Euthriofusus regularis snail | |
Cryptoconus priscus cone shell | |
"? Raphitoma plicata" = Elaeocyma plicata
"? Raphitoma plicata" = Elaeocyma plicata Lamarck 1804 snail | |
Asthenotoma pupa Edwards 1861 snail
Asthenotoma zonulata Edwards 1861 snail
"Bathytoma turbida" = Epalxis (Bathytoma) turbida Solander in Brander 1766 snail | |
Bela juncea snail | |
"Hemipleurotoma callifera" = Gemmula, "Hemipleurotoma denticula" = Gemmula, "Hemipleurotoma gentilis" = Gemmula, "Hemipleurotoma reticulosa" = Gemmula, "Eopleurotoma monerma" = Gemmula monerma, Surculites errans
"Hemipleurotoma callifera" = Gemmula turrid
"Hemipleurotoma denticula" = Gemmula turrid
"Hemipleurotoma gentilis" = Gemmula turrid
"Hemipleurotoma reticulosa" = Gemmula turrid
Surculites errans Solander 1766 turrid | |
Conomitra parva ribbed mitre | |
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"Typhis pungens" = Typhis (Typhis) pungens, "Murex tricarinatus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus tricarinatus
"Typhis pungens" = Typhis (Typhis) pungens Solander in Brander and Brander 1766 murex snail
"Murex tricarinatus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus tricarinatus Lamarck 1803 mustached bat | |
"Volutospina depauperata" = Athleta (Volutospina), "Volutospina lucta" = Athleta (Volutospina), "Volutospina scalaris" = Athleta (Volutospina), "Volutospina solandri" = Athleta (Volutospina), Volutospina athleta, Volutospina nodosa, "Volutocorbis scabriculus" = Volutocorbis scabricula
"Volutospina depauperata" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute
"Volutospina scalaris" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute
"Volutospina solandri" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute
Volutospina nodosa Sowerby 1829 volute
"Volutocorbis scabriculus" = Volutocorbis scabricula Linnaeus 1758 volute | |
Admete (Bonellitia) evulsa Solander 1766 snail
Sveltella microstoma snail | |
Semicassis ambigua snail | |
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"Trivia platystoma" = Eratotrivia platystoma
"Trivia platystoma" = Eratotrivia platystoma Edwards 1854 snail | |
"Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina, Natica caillati, Natica (Ampullonatica) ambulacrum, Natica (Euspira) labellata
"Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina Lamarck 1804 moon snail
Natica caillati moon snail
Natica (Ampullonatica) ambulacrum moon snail
Natica (Euspira) labellata Lamarck 1804 moon snail | |
Rissoa sp. Fréminville 1814 snail | |
Odontostomia hordeola snail | |
"Solariaxis canaliculatus" = Architectonica (Solariaxis)
"Solariaxis canaliculatus" = Architectonica (Solariaxis) sundial | |
Bullinella elliptica snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris deleta clam | |
"Ostrea gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica
"Ostrea gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica Solander in Brander 1766 oyster | |
"Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata
"Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster | |
Mytilus strigillatus mussel | |
"Lucina cf. concentrica" = Codakia (Epilucina) concentrica
"Lucina cf. concentrica" = Codakia (Epilucina) concentrica Lamarck 1806 clam | |
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea Sowerby 1821 clam | |
"Clavagella coronata" = Stirpulina coronata
"Clavagella coronata" = Stirpulina coronata Deshayes 1824 clam | |
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Corbula cf. lamarcki, Corbula pisum, "Corbula globosa" = Varicorbula globosa, "Bicorbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica
Corbula cf. lamarcki clam
Corbula pisum clam
"Corbula globosa" = Varicorbula globosa Sowerby 1818 clam
"Bicorbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Callista transversa, "Tivelina elegans" = Callista (Callista) elegans, "Callocardia aff. nitidula" = Callocardia (Nitidavenus) nitidula, ""Meretrix" trigonula" = Meroena trigonula
Callista transversa venus clam
"Tivelina elegans" = Callista (Callista) elegans Lamarck 1806 venus clam
"Callocardia aff. nitidula" = Callocardia (Nitidavenus) nitidula Lamarck 1806 venus clam
""Meretrix" trigonula" = Meroena trigonula Deshayes 1825 venus clam | |
"Trachycardium porulosum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum
"Trachycardium porulosum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum Solander 1766 cockle | |
"Tellina" sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Gari compressa clam | |
"Panopaea corrugata" = Panopea
"Panopaea corrugata" = Panopea clam | |
"Venericardia davidsoni" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni, "Venericardia sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata, Venericardia oblonga
"Venericardia davidsoni" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni Deshayes 1858 clam
"Venericardia sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata Solander 1766 clam
Venericardia oblonga clam | |
"Crassatellites grignonensis" = Crassatella, "Crassatellites subquadratus" = Crassatella, "Crassatellites sulcatus" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites subquadratus" = Crassatella clam
"Crassatellites sulcatus" = Crassatella clam | |
""Leda" minima" = Nuculana
""Leda" minima" = Nuculana pointed nut clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium striatum tusk shell | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Conopeum sp. Gray 1848 | |
Polychaeta | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Notidanus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius
"Notidanus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark | |
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Pristis bisulcatus Agassiz 1836 sawfish | |
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Carcharodon auriculatus Blainville 1818 white shark | |
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus
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Reptilia | |
? Argillochelys sp. Lydekker 1889 turtle | |
Actinopteri | |
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Otolithus (Dentex) nobilis Koken 1891 perch-like fish | |
Arius egertoni Ariid catfish | |
Otolithes | |
"Otolithus (Gadu) praeluscus" = Otolithes
"Otolithus (Gadu) praeluscus" = Otolithes |