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 "Amusium corneum Bed", L5i-L5ii
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; glauconitic, gray, silty, sandy claystone and burrowed, concretionary, glauconitic, shelly/skeletal, gray, green, blue, sandy claystone
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 41992: 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 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Albula marginalis" = Polinices
"Albula marginalis" = Polinices moon snail | |
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 | |
"Percolinus proudlocki" = Talantatos proudlocki
"Percolinus proudlocki" = Talantatos proudlocki Harrison and Walker 1979 seriema | |
Parvirallus gracilis Harrison and Walker 1979 rail
Latipons gardneri Harrison and Walker 1979 rail
Latipons robinsoni Harrison and Walker 1979 rail | |
Milvoides kempi Harrison and Walker 1979 hawk | |
Reptilia | |
Gavialis dixoni Owen 1849 crocodilian | |
Lytoloma sp. Cope 1870 sea turtle
"Chelone" sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea turtle
Puppigerus sp. Cope 1870 sea turtle | |
Palaeophis typhaeus Owen 1850 snake | |
Mammalia | |
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont | |
Propalaeotherium sp. Gervais odd-toed ungulate | |
Actinopteri | |
Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766 bowfin | |
Gymnothorax diagonalis Stinton and Nolf 1970 eel | |
Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760 conger eel
Conger productus conger eel
Paraconger sauvagei Priem 1906 conger eel | |
Albula oweni Agassiz 1844 bonefish
Pterothrissus protensis bonefish | |
Egertonia sp. Cocchi 1866
Phyllodus sp. Agassiz 1839 | |
Antigonia angusta Stinton and Nolf 1970 | |
Trachinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish
Dentex ovatus perch-like fish | |
Prolates sp. Priem 1899 perch-like fish | |
"Lutianus concavus" = Lutjanus
"Lutianus concavus" = Lutjanus | |
Eotrigonodon serratus Gervais 1852 | |
Ostracion sp. Rafinesque 1815 | |
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis Frost 1934 flatfish | |
"Brachyrhynchus sp." = Istiophorus
"Brachyrhynchus sp." = Istiophorus Lacépède 1802 | |
Xiphiorhynchus sp. Van Beneden 1871 sword fish | |
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 | |
"Lepophidium aequalis" = Aequalobythites aequalis Stinton and Nolf 1970 | |
Tachysurus planus Ariid catfish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Selachii indet. shark | |
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
Galeorhinus cf. minutissimus Arambourg 1935 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 | |
Nebrius thielensi nurse shark | |
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel 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 bruxelliense guitarfish | |
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 latidens stingray | |
"Edaphodon bucklandi" = Edaphodon eurygnathus, Edaphodon leptognathus
"Edaphodon bucklandi" = Edaphodon eurygnathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
Edaphodon leptognathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera |