Where: United Kingdom (51.4° N, 1.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 1.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: London Clay Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with pyrite
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: E. A. Jarzembowski. 1992. Fossil insects from the London Clay (early Eocene) of southern England. Tertiary Research 13:87-94 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 160682: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.08.2014, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Insecta | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
"Lamna verticalis" = Hypotodus verticalis, Odontaspis sp.
"Lamna verticalis" = Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark | |
"Odontaspis hopei" = Carcharias hopei
"Odontaspis hopei" = Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843 sand shark | |
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus, "Lamna obliqua" = Otodus obliquus
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
"Lamna obliqua" = Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark | |
Actinopteri | |
Rhinocephalus planiceps n. gen. n. sp.
Rhinocephalus planiceps n. gen. n. sp. Casier 1966 | |
Eutrichiurides winkleri Casier 1946 |