The London Clay Flora - Kenton (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 3.5° W: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 5.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; unlithified claystone

• None given - From a sewer trench! Since it is London Clay, likely clay.

Preservation: permineralized, coalified, replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: M. E. J. Chandler. 1961. The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. I. Palaeocene Floras. London Clay Flora (Supplement) 1-354 [B. Tiffney/J. Bean/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 22809: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 26.06.2002, edited by Jessica Bean

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Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Beilschmiedia oviformis
Beilschmiedia oviformis Bowerbank 1840 laurel