Medmerry, Selsey 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: Selsey Formation (Bracklesham Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Fossil comes from the "Brook" bed (sensu Roy Fowler = beds S7-9)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

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 41874: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 21.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Perissodactyla indet. Owen 1848 odd-toed ungulate
cervical vertebra, probably 4th or 5th