Lee-on-the-Solent, Selsey Formation, L3vi-L4 (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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

• The Selsey formation is fine silty and sandy, glauconitic clay. The Silt Bed is grey-green silty glauconitic sand with Nipa and lignite gragments, mollusc moulds and vert remains, intensely bioturbated at upper contact with rare black pebbles throughout

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

• Sharks: teth, vertebrae & cartilage Rays: dentitions, isolated teeth & spines

•Chimaeroids: plates & spines Teleosts: skulls, teeth, jaw parts, otoliths

•Reptiles: bones, carapace & skulls Birds: limb bones

•Mammals: teeth, jaw fragments & bones

unclassified
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Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes -
Cylindracanthus rectus Agassiz 1843 ray-finned fish
 Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844 sturgeon
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Milvoides kempi Harrison and Walker 1979 hawk
Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
"Chelone" sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea turtle
 Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Palaeophis typhaeus Owen 1850 snake
Mammalia
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Propalaeotherium sp. Gervais odd-toed ungulate
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760 conger eel
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Egertonia sp. Cocchi 1866
 Acanthomorphata - Trachinidae
Trachinus sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Prolates sp. Priem 1899 perch-like fish
 Tetraodontiformes - Triodontidae
Triodon antiquus Leriche 1905
 Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Eotrigonodon serratus Gervais 1852
 Acanthomorphata - Haemulidae
 Labriformes - Labridae
Platylaemus sp. Dixon 1850
Platylaemus colei Dixon 1850
 Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis Frost 1934 flatfish
 Istiophoriformes - Istiophoridae
"Brachyrhynchus sp." = Istiophorus
"Brachyrhynchus sp." = Istiophorus Lacépède 1802
 Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Apogon bellovacinus Priem 1911 Cardinalfish
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Cybium sp., "Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti
Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
 Scombriformes - Palaeorhynchidae
Aglyptorhynchus sp. Casier 1966
 Scombriformes -
 Syngnathiformes - Callionymidae
Callionymus sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
 Siluriformes - Ariidae
Arius egertoni Ariid catfish
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839
Chondrichthyes
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus minor Daimeries 1888 dogfish shark
 Squaliformes - Dalatiidae
Isistius trituratus Winkler 1874 shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina prima Winkler 1874 angel shark
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark
Heterodontus woodwardi Casier 1946 bullhead shark
"Heterodontus vincenti" = Cestracion vincenti Leriche 1905 bullhead shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus kempi sevengill shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark
Mustelus whitei hound shark
Triakis wardi hound shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
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
"Galeorhinus recticonus" = Abdounia recticonia Winkler 1873 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
 Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
 Orectolobiformes - Rhinocodontidae
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus praecursor, "Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark
"Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus Blainville 1818 white shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
Jaekelotodus trigonalis Jackel 1895 sand tiger shark
Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias leensis thresher shark
 Lamniformes -
Isurolamna affinis mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"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
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894 wedgefish
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis
"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis Jaekel 1894 guitarfish
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
"Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979 eagle ray
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray
Myliobatis toliapicus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis latidens Woodward 1888 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sherborni White 1926 cownose ray
 Myliobatiformes -
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray
Aetobatus irregularis Agassiz 1843 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Gymnuridae
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray
 Chimaeriformes - Rhinochimaeridae
Amylodon sp. Storms 1894 chimaera
 Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
"Edaphodon bucklandi" = Edaphodon eurygnathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Edaphodon leptognathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
 Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Elasmodus kempi Ward 1977 plownose chimaera