Bracklesham, Earnley Formation (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 4.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Earnley Formation (Bracklesham Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• "...unhorizoned but on preservational grounds almost certainly from the Earnley Formation."

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; glauconitic sandstone

• description of specimens indicates that glauconitic sand adhering to the fossils allows them to be identified with the Earnley Formation

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: J. J. Hooker. 1996. Mammals from the Early (late Ypresian) to Middle (Lutetian) Eocene Bracklesham Group, southern England. Tertiary Research 16(1-4):141-174 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41847: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 21.07.2004, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Palaeophis porcatus n. sp.2
Palaeophis porcatus n. sp.2 Owen 1849 snake
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Thalassochelys eocaenica n. sp.1
Thalassochelys eocaenica n. sp.1 Lydekker 1889 loggerhead
BMNH R1557 (holotype), cast of partial left humerus
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus aff. stehlini
Hyrachyus aff. stehlini odd-toed ungulate
right p3 and m3
 Placentalia -
Artiodactyla indet.
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate
distal right humerus with part of shaft
1Lydekker 1889; 2Owen 1849