Barton Cliff (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Chewton Bunny

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 5.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: NP 17 nannofossil zone, Naish Member (Barton Clay Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• The assignment to the Naish Member (middle Barton beds) is based on additional information, not stated in the text.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, pyritic claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

Primary reference: H. G. Seeley. 1876. Notice of the Occurrence of Remains of a British fossil zeuglodon (Z. wanklyni, Seeley) in the Barton Clay of the Hampshire Coast. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 32:428-432 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32915: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.07.2003, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Lophiiformes - Lophiidae
Lophius crenulatus1 anglerfish
Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
"Argillochelys athersuchi n. sp." = Eochelone athersuchi5
"Argillochelys athersuchi n. sp." = Eochelone athersuchi5 Moody 1980 sea turtle
K.P. BA/19/VA and K.P. BA/V/19B (holotype), two large skull fragments
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Villetus waltoni n. sp.4 Harrison and Walker 1976 snipe
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Dorudontinae indet.6 Miller 1923 whale
Pachycetus paulsonii3 Brandt 1873 whale
 Artiodactyla - Cebochoeridae
Cebochoerus helveticus2 Pictet and Humbert 1869 even-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Plagiolophus curtisi2 Hooker 1986 odd-toed ungulate
ssp. curtisi
Palaeotherium aff. muehlbergi2 Stehlin 1904 odd-toed ungulate