Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 4.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Selsey Formation (Bracklesham Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Kemp calls the Selsey a "division", Hooker, 1996 calls it a formation. These beds are part of the "Silt Bed" , L3vi-L4
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; glauconitic, gray, silty, sandy claystone and bioturbated, glauconitic, pebbly, shelly/skeletal, silty, carbonaceous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: sieve,
Primary reference: D. Kemp. 1985. The Selsey Division (Bracklesham Group) at Lee-on-the-Solent, Gosport, (Hants). Tertiary Research 7(2):35-44 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41989: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 22.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•Chimaeroids: plates & spines Teleosts: skulls, teeth, jaw parts, otoliths
•Reptiles: bones, carapace & skulls Birds: limb bones
•Mammals: teeth, jaw fragments & bones
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont | |
Propalaeotherium sp. Gervais odd-toed ungulate | |
Reptilia | |
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile | |
"Chelone" sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea turtle | |
Palaeophis typhaeus Owen 1850 snake | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Milvoides kempi Harrison and Walker 1979 hawk | |
Actinopteri | |
Pycnodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839 | |
Platylaemus sp. Dixon 1850
Platylaemus colei Dixon 1850 | |
Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish | |
Prolates sp. Priem 1899 perch-like fish | |
Triodon antiquus Leriche 1905 | |
Eotrigonodon serratus Gervais 1852 | |
"Brachyrhynchus sp." = Istiophorus
"Brachyrhynchus sp." = Istiophorus Lacépède 1802 | |
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis Frost 1934 flatfish | |
Aglyptorhynchus sp. Casier 1966 | |
Sphyraenodus lerichei Casier 1944 | |
Cybium sp., "Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti
Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895 | |
Callionymus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Apogon bellovacinus Priem 1911 Cardinalfish | |
Trachinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Arius egertoni Ariid catfish | |
Egertonia sp. Cocchi 1866 | |
Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760 conger eel | |
Osteichthyes | |
Cylindracanthus rectus Agassiz 1843 | |
Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844 sturgeon | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Edaphodon minor chimaera
"Edaphodon bucklandi" = Edaphodon eurygnathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Edaphodon leptognathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Amylodon sp. Storms 1894 chimaera | |
Elasmodus kempi Ward 1977 plownose chimaera | |
"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis
"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis Jaekel 1894 guitarfish | |
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish | |
Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894 wedgefish | |
Triakis wardi hound shark
Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark
Mustelus whitei hound shark | |
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Scyliorhinus sp., Scyliorhinus pattersoni, "Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti, Abdounia sp., Abdounia lapierrei, "Galeorhinus recticonus" = Abdounia recticonia
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
Scyliorhinus pattersoni Cappetta 1976 cat shark
"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti Casier 1946 cat shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark
Abdounia lapierrei cat shark
"Galeorhinus recticonus" = Abdounia recticonia Winkler 1873 cat shark | |
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark | |
Hemiscyllium bruxelliense carpet shark | |
Eostegostoma angusta carpet shark | |
Palaeorhincodon wardi carpet shark | |
Alopias leensis thresher shark | |
""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei, Hypotodus verticalis, Jaekelotodus trigonalis, Odontaspis winkleri
""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
Jaekelotodus trigonalis Jackel 1895 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark | |
Isurolamna affinis mackerel shark | |
"Eugomphodus macrotus" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus acutissima" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus substriata" = Carcharias, "Eugomphodus hopei" = Carcharias
"Eugomphodus macrotus" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus acutissima" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus substriata" = Carcharias sand shark
"Eugomphodus hopei" = Carcharias sand shark | |
Isurus praecursor, "Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark
"Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus Blainville 1818 white shark | |
Notorhynchus kempi sevengill shark | |
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark
"Heterodontus vincenti" = Cestracion vincenti Leriche 1905 bullhead shark
Heterodontus woodwardi Casier 1946 bullhead shark | |
Squalus minor Daimeries 1888 dogfish shark | |
Isistius trituratus Winkler 1874 shark | |
Squatina prima Winkler 1874 angel shark | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray | |
Rhinoptera sherborni, "Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus, "Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni, Myliobatis toliapicus, Myliobatis latidens, Archaeomanta melenhorsti, Burnhamia sp., Burnhamia daviesi
Rhinoptera sherborni White 1926 cownose ray
"Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis toliapicus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis latidens Woodward 1888 eagle ray
Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979 eagle ray
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray | |
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray
Aetobatus irregularis Agassiz 1843 stingray | |
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray | |
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray |