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 | |
Reptilia | |
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Parvirallus gracilis Harrison and Walker 1979 rail
Latipons robinsoni Harrison and Walker 1979 rail
Latipons gardneri Harrison and Walker 1979 rail | |
"Percolinus proudlocki" = Talantatos proudlocki
"Percolinus proudlocki" = Talantatos proudlocki Harrison and Walker 1979 seriema | |
Milvoides kempi Harrison and Walker 1979 hawk | |
Reptilia | |
Gavialis dixoni Owen 1849 crocodilian | |
Palaeophis typhaeus Owen 1850 snake | |
"Chelone" sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea turtle
Puppigerus sp. Cope 1870 sea turtle
Lytoloma sp. Cope 1870 sea turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont | |
Propalaeotherium sp. Gervais odd-toed ungulate | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844 sturgeon | |
Cylindracanthus rectus Agassiz 1843 ray-finned fish | |
Actinopteri | |
Egertonia sp. Cocchi 1866
Phyllodus sp. Agassiz 1839 | |
Albula oweni Agassiz 1844 bonefish
Pterothrissus protensis bonefish | |
Gymnothorax diagonalis Stinton and Nolf 1970 eel | |
Conger sp. Schaeffer 1760 conger eel
Conger productus conger eel
Paraconger sauvagei Priem 1906 conger eel | |
Trachinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Antigonia angusta Stinton and Nolf 1970 | |
Dentex ovatus perch-like fish
Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish | |
Prolates sp. Priem 1899 perch-like fish | |
Eotrigonodon serratus Gervais 1852 | |
Ostracion sp. Rafinesque 1815 | |
"Lutianus concavus" = Lutjanus
"Lutianus concavus" = Lutjanus | |
"Lepophidium aequalis" = Aequalobythites aequalis Stinton and Nolf 1970 | |
Apogon bellovacinus Priem 1911 Cardinalfish | |
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis
"Solea bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis Frost 1934 flatfish | |
Xiphiorhynchus sp. Van Beneden 1871 sword fish | |
"Brachyrhynchus sp." = Istiophorus
"Brachyrhynchus sp." = Istiophorus Lacépède 1802 | |
Sphyraenodus lerichei Casier 1944 | |
Aglyptorhynchus sp. Casier 1966 | |
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti, Cybium sp.
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895
Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829 | |
Callionymus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Tachysurus planus Ariid catfish | |
Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766 bowfin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Edaphodon leptognathus, "Edaphodon bucklandi" = Edaphodon eurygnathus
Edaphodon leptognathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera
"Edaphodon bucklandi" = Edaphodon eurygnathus Agassiz 1843 chimaera | |
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray | |
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray | |
Gymnura latidens stingray | |
Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray
Aetobatus irregularis Agassiz 1843 stingray | |
Burnhamia sp., Burnhamia daviesi, Archaeomanta melenhorsti, "Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni, "Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus, Myliobatis toliapicus, Myliobatis latidens, Rhinoptera sherborni
Burnhamia sp. Cappetta 1976 eagle ray
Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray
Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979 eagle ray
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
"Myliobatis striatus" = Aetomylaeus striatus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis toliapicus Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis latidens Woodward 1888 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sherborni White 1926 cownose ray | |
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish | |
Rhynchobatus vincenti Jaekel 1894 wedgefish | |
Rhinobatos bruxelliense guitarfish | |
Galeocerdo latidens Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Mustelus whitei hound shark
Triakis wardi hound shark
Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark
Galeorhinus cf. minutissimus Arambourg 1935 school shark | |
Abdounia sp., Abdounia lapierrei, "Galeorhinus recticonus" = Abdounia recticonia, "Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti, Scyliorhinus sp., Scyliorhinus pattersoni
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark
Abdounia lapierrei cat shark
"Galeorhinus recticonus" = Abdounia recticonia Winkler 1873 cat shark
"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti Casier 1946 cat shark
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816 cat shark
Scyliorhinus pattersoni Cappetta 1976 cat shark | |
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark | |
Hemiscyllium bruxelliense carpet shark | |
Palaeorhincodon wardi carpet shark | |
Nebrius thielensi nurse shark | |
Eostegostoma angusta carpet shark | |
Alopias leensis thresher shark | |
""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei, Odontaspis winkleri, Jaekelotodus trigonalis, Hypotodus verticalis
""Lamna" lerichei" = Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
Jaekelotodus trigonalis Jackel 1895 sand tiger shark
Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark | |
Isurolamna affinis mackerel shark | |
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 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 | |
Notorhynchus kempi sevengill shark | |
Selachii indet. shark | |
Isistius trituratus Winkler 1874 shark | |
Squalus minor Daimeries 1888 dogfish 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 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Albula marginalis" = Polinices
"Albula marginalis" = Polinices moon snail |