Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 5.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Barton Clay Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• "Lower Barton Beds"; this bed is 4 ft thick
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; concretionary, glauconitic, gray, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: In the introduction, Burton says that he is reporting fauna "the horizons of which are known to the author", and states that he has collected 480 specimens. It is also clear that he is pulling from other sources, some published (in difficult to obtain British journals), some not. It's difficult to tell which are his and which aren't. This is not a definitive source for this collection, but I think it's a reasonable place to start.
Primary reference: E. S.t. J. Burton. 1933. Faunal Horizons of the Barton Beds in Hampshire. Proceedings of the Geologist's Association 44:131-167 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42639: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 03.08.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Foraminifera | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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Pristis bisulcatus Agassiz 1836 sawfish | |
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Carcharodon auriculatus Blainville 1818 white shark | |
"Odontaspis macrota" = Otodus macrotus
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"Notidanus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius
"Notidanus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark | |
Actinopteri | |
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Otolithus (Dentex) nobilis Koken 1891 perch-like fish | |
Arius egertoni Ariid catfish | |
Reptilia | |
? Argillochelys sp. Lydekker 1889 turtle | |
Polychaeta | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium striatum tusk shell | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautilidae indet. de Blainville 1825 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Pyrazus angulatus snail | |
"Pirena vulcanica" = Faunus
"Pirena vulcanica" = Faunus snail | |
"Turritella imbricaria" = Haustator imbricataria
"Turritella imbricaria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell | |
"Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina, Natica caillati, Natica (Ampullonatica) ambulacrum, Natica (Euspira) labellata
"Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina Lamarck 1804 moon snail
Natica caillati moon snail
Natica (Ampullonatica) ambulacrum moon snail
Natica (Euspira) labellata Lamarck 1804 moon snail | |
Rissoa sp. Fréminville 1814 snail | |
Semicassis ambigua snail | |
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"Trivia platystoma" = Eratotrivia platystoma
"Trivia platystoma" = Eratotrivia platystoma Edwards 1854 snail | |
Conomitra parva ribbed mitre | |
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides
"Ancilla buccinoides" = Spirancilla buccinoides Lamarck 1802 snail | |
Olivella branderi olive snail | |
Admete (Bonellitia) evulsa Solander 1766 snail
Sveltella microstoma snail | |
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Clavilithes longaevus snail
Clavilithes macrospira snail
Clavilithes scalaris snail
Euthriofusus regularis snail | |
Cominella sp. Gray 1850 true whelk | |
"Volutospina depauperata" = Athleta (Volutospina), "Volutospina lucta" = Athleta (Volutospina), "Volutospina scalaris" = Athleta (Volutospina), "Volutospina solandri" = Athleta (Volutospina), Volutospina athleta, Volutospina nodosa, "Volutocorbis scabriculus" = Volutocorbis scabricula
"Volutospina depauperata" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute
"Volutospina scalaris" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute
"Volutospina solandri" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute
Volutospina nodosa Sowerby 1829 volute
"Volutocorbis scabriculus" = Volutocorbis scabricula Linnaeus 1758 volute | |
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"Murex tricarinatus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus tricarinatus, "Typhis pungens" = Typhis (Typhis) pungens
"Murex tricarinatus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus tricarinatus Lamarck 1803 mustached bat
"Typhis pungens" = Typhis (Typhis) pungens Solander in Brander and Brander 1766 murex snail | |
Cryptoconus priscus cone shell | |
Bela juncea snail | |
"Hemipleurotoma callifera" = Gemmula, "Hemipleurotoma denticula" = Gemmula, "Hemipleurotoma gentilis" = Gemmula, "Hemipleurotoma reticulosa" = Gemmula, "Eopleurotoma monerma" = Gemmula monerma, Surculites errans
"Hemipleurotoma callifera" = Gemmula turrid
"Hemipleurotoma denticula" = Gemmula turrid
"Hemipleurotoma gentilis" = Gemmula turrid
"Hemipleurotoma reticulosa" = Gemmula turrid
Surculites errans Solander 1766 turrid | |
"? Raphitoma plicata" = Elaeocyma plicata
"? Raphitoma plicata" = Elaeocyma plicata Lamarck 1804 snail | |
Asthenotoma pupa Edwards 1861 snail
Asthenotoma zonulata Edwards 1861 snail
"Bathytoma turbida" = Epalxis (Bathytoma) turbida Solander in Brander 1766 snail | |
Rimella rimosa Solander 1766 true conch | |
Odontostomia hordeola snail | |
"Solariaxis canaliculatus" = Architectonica (Solariaxis)
"Solariaxis canaliculatus" = Architectonica (Solariaxis) sundial | |
Ptychatractus interruptus Pilkington 1804 snail | |
Bullinella elliptica snail | |
Bivalvia | |
""Leda" minima" = Nuculana
""Leda" minima" = Nuculana pointed nut clam | |
"Clavagella coronata" = Stirpulina coronata
"Clavagella coronata" = Stirpulina coronata Deshayes 1824 clam | |
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea Sowerby 1821 clam | |
"Panopaea corrugata" = Panopea
"Panopaea corrugata" = Panopea clam | |
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Bicorbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica, Corbula cf. lamarcki, Corbula pisum, "Corbula globosa" = Varicorbula globosa
"Bicorbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica Lamarck 1801 clam
Corbula cf. lamarcki clam
Corbula pisum clam
"Corbula globosa" = Varicorbula globosa Sowerby 1818 clam | |
"Callocardia aff. nitidula" = Callocardia (Nitidavenus) nitidula, ""Meretrix" trigonula" = Meroena trigonula, Callista transversa, "Tivelina elegans" = Callista (Callista) elegans
"Callocardia aff. nitidula" = Callocardia (Nitidavenus) nitidula Lamarck 1806 venus clam
""Meretrix" trigonula" = Meroena trigonula Deshayes 1825 venus clam
Callista transversa venus clam
"Tivelina elegans" = Callista (Callista) elegans Lamarck 1806 venus clam | |
Gari compressa clam | |
"Tellina" sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
"Trachycardium porulosum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum
"Trachycardium porulosum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum Solander 1766 cockle | |
"Lucina cf. concentrica" = Codakia (Epilucina) concentrica
"Lucina cf. concentrica" = Codakia (Epilucina) concentrica Lamarck 1806 clam | |
"Crassatellites grignonensis" = Crassatella, "Crassatellites subquadratus" = Crassatella, "Crassatellites sulcatus" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites subquadratus" = Crassatella clam
"Crassatellites sulcatus" = Crassatella clam | |
Venericardia oblonga, "Venericardia davidsoni" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni, "Venericardia sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata
Venericardia oblonga clam
"Venericardia davidsoni" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni Deshayes 1858 clam
"Venericardia sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata Solander 1766 clam | |
Mytilus strigillatus mussel | |
"Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata
"Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster | |
"Ostrea gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica
"Ostrea gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica Solander in Brander 1766 oyster | |
Glycymeris deleta clam | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Conopeum sp. Gray 1848 | |
Anthozoa | |
"Madrepora solanderi" = Acropora solanderi
"Madrepora solanderi" = Acropora solanderi Defrance 1828 stony coral | |
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Otolithes | |
"Otolithus (Gadu) praeluscus" = Otolithes
"Otolithus (Gadu) praeluscus" = Otolithes |