Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 5.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Member (Barton Beds Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• this bed is 6 ft thick, the lettering of the beds starts with the lowest Barton beds, this is the first in the Middle Barton Series
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gypsiferous, pebbly, shelly/skeletal 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 42640: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 03.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
? Argillochelys sp. Lydekker 1889 turtle | |
Actinopteri | |
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Otolithus (Sparidarum) gregarius Koken 1891 | |
"Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) dimidiatus" = Ophidiidarum, "Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) waltoni" = Ophidiidarum, "Otolithus (Ophidium) sp." = Ophidion
"Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) dimidiatus" = Ophidiidarum
"Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) waltoni" = Ophidiidarum
"Otolithus (Ophidium) sp." = Ophidion Linnaeus 1758 | |
Arius egertoni Ariid catfish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Polychaeta | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Entaliopsis) striatum tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Tuba sulcata snail | |
Turbonilla pulchara snail
Odontostomia alligata snail | |
Obeliscus excavatus slug | |
"Solariaxis canaliculatus" = Architectonica (Solariaxis)
"Solariaxis canaliculatus" = Architectonica (Solariaxis) sundial | |
Ringicula parva snail | |
Solarium plicatum Lamarck 1804 top snail | |
Bullinella acuminata snail | |
Volvulella lanceolata snail | |
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell | |
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
Globularia patula snail
Globularia sphaerica snail | |
Natica (Euspira) labellata Lamarck 1804 moon snail
Sinum clathratum Gmelin 1790 moon snail | |
"Rissoa (Alvania) globulus" = Boreocingula globulus
"Rissoa (Alvania) globulus" = Boreocingula globulus Möller 1842 snail | |
Clavilithes elongatus, Clavilithes longaevus, Clavilithes scalaris, Fusinus porrectus, Euthriofusus regularis
Clavilithes elongatus snail
Clavilithes longaevus snail
Clavilithes scalaris snail
Euthriofusus regularis snail | |
Admete (Bonellitia) evulsa Solander 1766 snail | |
"Mitra" volutiformis mitre shell | |
Bela juncea snail | |
"Surcula exorta" = Turricula
"Surcula exorta" = Turricula snail | |
Cryptoconus priscus cone shell | |
? Raphitoma acuticosta snail | |
"Hemipleurotoma denticula" = Gemmula, "Hemipleurotoma gentilis" = Gemmula, "Clavatula desmia" = Trachelochetus desmia
"Hemipleurotoma denticula" = Gemmula turrid
"Hemipleurotoma gentilis" = Gemmula turrid
"Clavatula desmia" = Trachelochetus desmia Cossmann 1889 turrid | |
Asthenotoma helicoides Edwards 1861 snail
Asthenotoma zonulata Edwards 1861 snail
"Bathytoma turbida" = Epalxis (Bathytoma) turbida Solander in Brander 1766 snail | |
Ancilla dubia olive snail
Ancilla (Tortoliva) canalifera Lamarck 1802 olive snail | |
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides Lamarck 1802 snail | |
Conomitra parva ribbed mitre | |
Marginella gracilis margin shell | |
"Volutocorbis scabriculus" = Volutocorbis scabricula, "Volutospina ambigua" = Athleta (Volutospina), "Volutospina lucta" = Athleta (Volutospina), "Volutospina suspensa" = Athleta (Volutospina), Volutospina athleta
"Volutocorbis scabriculus" = Volutocorbis scabricula Linnaeus 1758 volute
"Volutospina ambigua" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute
"Volutospina lucta" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute
"Volutospina suspensa" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute
Volutospina athleta Solander in Brander 1877 volute | |
"Typhis pungens" = Typhis (Typhis) pungens, "Murex albionis" = Poirieria albionis, "Murex tricarinatus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus tricarinatus
"Typhis pungens" = Typhis (Typhis) pungens Solander in Brander and Brander 1766 murex snail
"Murex albionis" = Poirieria albionis Wrigley 1934 murex snail
"Murex tricarinatus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus tricarinatus Lamarck 1803 mustached bat | |
Rimella rimosa Solander 1766 true conch | |
"Hippochrenes amplus" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla
"Hippochrenes amplus" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla Solander in Brander 1766 snail | |
Ficus nexilis Solander and Brander 1766 fig shell | |
"Drillia granulata" = Crassispira (Tripia) granulata
"Drillia granulata" = Crassispira (Tripia) granulata Lamarck 1804 snail | |
Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
""Leda" minima" = Nuculana
""Leda" minima" = Nuculana pointed nut clam | |
Pteria (Avicula) media pearl oyster | |
"Ostrea dorsata" = Striostrea dorsata, "Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata, "Ostrea cf. tenera" = Crassostrea tenera
"Ostrea dorsata" = Striostrea dorsata Sowerby 1825 oyster
"Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster
"Ostrea cf. tenera" = Crassostrea tenera Sowerby 1819 oyster | |
"Ostrea gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica
"Ostrea gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica Solander in Brander 1766 oyster | |
"Barbatia appendiculata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata
"Barbatia appendiculata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata Sowerby 1820 clam | |
Glycymeris proxima clam | |
Nemocardium parile Deshayes 1858 cockle | |
Gari compressa clam | |
""Meretrix" trigonula" = Meroena trigonula, Callista transversa, "Tivelina elegans" = Callista (Callista) elegans
""Meretrix" trigonula" = Meroena trigonula Deshayes 1825 venus clam
Callista transversa venus clam
"Tivelina elegans" = Callista (Callista) elegans Lamarck 1806 venus clam | |
Corbula cf. costata clam
Corbula pisum clam | |
Martesia sp. Sowerby 1824 clam | |
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Panopaea corrugata" = Panopea
"Panopaea corrugata" = Panopea clam | |
"Clavagella coronata" = Stirpulina coronata
"Clavagella coronata" = Stirpulina coronata Deshayes 1824 clam | |
"Lucina (Cavilucina) elegans" = Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans, "Lucina spinulosa" = Gonimyrtea spinulosa
"Lucina (Cavilucina) elegans" = Monitilora (Monitilora) elegans Defrance 1823 clam
"Lucina spinulosa" = Gonimyrtea spinulosa Edwards 1866 clam | |
"Crassatellites sulcatus" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites sulcatus" = Crassatella clam | |
"Venericardia davidsoni" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni, "Venericardia sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata
"Venericardia davidsoni" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni Deshayes 1858 clam
"Venericardia sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata Solander 1766 clam | |
Ostracoda | |
Cythere plicata ostracod
Cythere striatopunctata ostracod | |
Anthozoa | |
Turbinolia forbesi stony coral | |
unclassified | |
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Foraminifera | |
Otolithes | |
"Otolithus aff. subnobilis" = Otolithes
"Otolithus aff. subnobilis" = Otolithes |