Chichester Harbour, West Sussex (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 0.8° W: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 3.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Division C

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. A. Bone. 1985. The London Clay and associated deposits exposed in Chichester Harbour (West Sussex). Tertiary Research 7(1):13-21 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3261: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 28.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Ditrupa plana
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi
Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi Wetherell 1843 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella dixoni" = Haustator dixoni
"Turritella dixoni" = Haustator dixoni Deshayes 1861 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Litiopidae
? Litiopa sulculosa
? Litiopa sulculosa snail
originally entered as "?Litiopa sulculosa"
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira glaucinoides
Euspira glaucinoides Sowerby 1812 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Tornus lucidus
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Priscoficus smithii" = Priscoficus smithi
"Priscoficus smithii" = Priscoficus smithi Sowerby 1827 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Bonellitia sp.
Bonellitia sp. Jousseaume 1887 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Eopleurotoma flexuosa, Eopleurotoma rotundata, "Hemipleurotoma simillima" = Eopleurotoma simillima, cf. Fusiturris prestwichi, Gemmula macrobia, "Hemipleurotoma taeniolata" = Gemmula
"Hemipleurotoma simillima" = Eopleurotoma simillima Edwards 1861 turrid
cf. Fusiturris prestwichi turrid
originally entered as "Fusiturris cf. prestwichi"
Gemmula macrobia Edwards 1861 turrid
"Hemipleurotoma taeniolata" = Gemmula turrid
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula acuminata
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Streptolathyrus cymatodis
Streptolathyrus cymatodis Edwards 1866 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Pollia morrisi" = Cantharus (Pollia)
"Pollia morrisi" = Cantharus (Pollia) true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais sowerbii
Aporrhais sowerbii Fleming 1828 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
"Tibia sublucida" = Tibia (Eotibia) sublucida
"Tibia sublucida" = Tibia (Eotibia) sublucida Lowry et al. 1866 snail
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
Ptychatractus interruptus
Ptychatractus interruptus Pilkington 1804 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
? Arca sp.
? Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
originally entered as "?Arca sp."
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp.
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
found in wood
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arctica planata
Arctica planata Sowerby 1841 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Pitar sulcatarius" = Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius
"Pitar sulcatarius" = Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius Deshayes 1825 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
? Nemocardium semigranulatum
? Nemocardium semigranulatum cockle
originally entered as "Nemocardium? semigranulatum"
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea intermedia
Panopea intermedia Sowerby 1814 clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Cultellus affinis
Cultellus affinis Sowerby 1812 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp.
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Cainocrinidae
Cainocrinus tintinnabulum
Cainocrinus tintinnabulum Rasmussen 1972 Sea lily