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 | |
Osteichthyes | |
Cylindracanthus rectus Agassiz 1843 ray-finned fish | |
Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844 sturgeon | |
Reptilia | |
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Milvoides kempi Harrison and Walker 1979 hawk | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelone" sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea turtle | |
Palaeophis typhaeus Owen 1850 snake | |
Mammalia | |
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont | |
Propalaeotherium sp. Gervais odd-toed ungulate | |
Actinopteri | |
Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760 conger eel | |
Egertonia sp. Cocchi 1866 | |
Trachinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish | |
Prolates sp. Priem 1899 perch-like fish | |
Triodon antiquus Leriche 1905 | |
Eotrigonodon serratus Gervais 1852 | |
Platylaemus sp. Dixon 1850
Platylaemus colei Dixon 1850 | |
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis Frost 1934 flatfish | |
"Brachyrhynchus sp." = Istiophorus
"Brachyrhynchus sp." = Istiophorus Lacépède 1802 | |
Apogon bellovacinus Priem 1911 Cardinalfish | |
Cybium sp., "Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti
Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895 | |
Aglyptorhynchus sp. Casier 1966 | |
Sphyraenodus lerichei Casier 1944 | |
Callionymus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Arius egertoni Ariid catfish | |
Pycnodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Squalus minor Daimeries 1888 dogfish shark | |
Isistius trituratus Winkler 1874 shark | |
Squatina prima Winkler 1874 angel shark | |
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark
Heterodontus woodwardi Casier 1946 bullhead shark
"Heterodontus vincenti" = Cestracion vincenti Leriche 1905 bullhead shark | |
Notorhynchus kempi sevengill shark | |
Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark
Mustelus whitei hound shark
Triakis wardi hound 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 | |
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark | |
Eostegostoma angusta carpet shark | |
Hemiscyllium bruxelliense carpet shark | |
Palaeorhincodon wardi carpet shark | |
Isurus praecursor, "Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark
"Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus Blainville 1818 white shark | |
Odontaspis winkleri, Jaekelotodus trigonalis, Hypotodus verticalis, ""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei
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 | |
Alopias leensis thresher 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 | |
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish | |
Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894 wedgefish | |
"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis
"Rhinobatos bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis Jaekel 1894 guitarfish | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray | |
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni, "Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus, Archaeomanta melenhorsti, Burnhamia sp., Burnhamia daviesi, Myliobatis toliapicus, Myliobatis latidens, Rhinoptera sherborni
"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 | |
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray | |
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray
Aetobatus irregularis Agassiz 1843 stingray | |
Gymnura sp. Van Hasselt 1823 stingray | |
Amylodon sp. Storms 1894 chimaera | |
Edaphodon minor chimaera
"Edaphodon bucklandi" = Edaphodon eurygnathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Edaphodon leptognathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Elasmodus kempi Ward 1977 plownose chimaera |