Sydenham - Woolwich Shell Beds (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 2.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Woolwich Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. J. Benton, E. Cook, and J. J. Hooker. 2005. Mesozoic and Tertiary Fossil Mammals and Birds of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series 32:215 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184513: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 10.03.2017, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark