Portsmouth (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 3.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: London Clay Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Casier. 1966. Faune ichthyologique du London Clay 1-510 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 185934: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.05.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Lamna obliqua" = Otodus obliquus, "Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus
"Lamna obliqua" = Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
"Lamna lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Odontaspis hopei" = Carcharias hopei
"Odontaspis hopei" = Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843 sand shark