Bransgore, Lower Barton Beds, Hampshire (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (50.8° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 49.3° N, 5.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Barton Beds Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; conglomeratic sandstone and shelly/skeletal, gray, green, sandy claystone
• gravel atop whitish sand, followed by light green sand-clay and a dary grey clay, full of shells
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: These fossils seem to be collected by the author, unlike others from this reference
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 42658: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 03.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Globothalamea | |
| Tubothalamea | |
| Nodosariata | |
| Echinoidea | |
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Hemiaster branderi heart urchin | |
| Actinopteri | |
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Otolithus (Macrurus) aff. gracilis Schubert 1905 grenadiers | |
"Otolithus (Berycidarum) bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis
"Otolithus (Berycidarum) bartonensis" = Eosolea bartonensis Frost 1934 flatfish | |
"Otolithus (Solea) approximatus" = Solea approximata
"Otolithus (Solea) approximatus" = Solea approximata Koken 1891 flatfish | |
| Reptilia | |
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Chelone sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea turtle | |
| Polychaeta | |
| Scaphopoda | |
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Dentalium (Enthaliopsis) striatum tusk shell | |
| Gastropoda | |
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"Epitonium" acutum wentletrap
Epitonium reticulatum wentletrap | |
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
Turritella sp., "Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell | |
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Natica (Ampullonatica) ambulacrum moon snail
Natica caillati moon snail
Natica (Euspira) labellata Lamarck 1804 moon snail | |
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Conomitra parva ribbed mitre | |
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Ancilla dubia olive snail | |
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Admete (Bonellitia) evulsa Solander 1766 snail | |
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Fusinus porrectus snail | |
"Pollia lavata" = Cantharus (Pollia)
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Sycostoma pyrus snail | |
"Volutospina luctatrix" = Athleta (Volutospina), Volutospina athleta
"Volutospina luctatrix" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute
Volutospina athleta Solander in Brander 1877 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 | |
"Hemipleurotoma aspera" = Gemmula, Eopleurotoma rotella
"Hemipleurotoma aspera" = Gemmula turrid
Eopleurotoma rotella Edwards 1861 turrid | |
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Asthenotoma cf. zonulata Edwards 1861 snail
Bathytoma cf. hemileia snail
"Bathytoma turbida" = Epalxis (Bathytoma) turbida Solander in Brander 1766 snail | |
"Hippochrenes amplus" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla
"Hippochrenes amplus" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla Solander in Brander 1766 snail | |
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Rimella rimosa Solander 1766 true conch | |
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Xenophora discoidea carrier shell
Xenophora agglutinans Lamarck 1804 carrier shell | |
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Odontostomia hordeola snail | |
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Solariaxis canaliculata Lamarck 1804 sundial | |
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Bullinella sp. Newton snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
""Leda" minima" = Nuculana
""Leda" minima" = Nuculana pointed nut clam | |
"Nucula bisulcata" = Nucula (Nuculoma) bisulcata
"Nucula bisulcata" = Nucula (Nuculoma) bisulcata Sowerby 1850 nut clam | |
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"Corbula ficus" = Ficusocorbula ficus Solander 1766 clam
Corbula cf. costata clam
Corbula pisum clam | |
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Callista transversa venus clam | |
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Nemocardium parile Deshayes 1858 cockle | |
"Crassatellites sulcatus" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites sulcatus" = Crassatella clam | |
Venericardia cf. crebrisulcata, "Venericardia cf. davidsoni" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni, "Venericardia cf. sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata
"Venericardia cf. davidsoni" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) davidsoni Deshayes 1858 clam
"Venericardia cf. sulcata" = Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) sulcata Solander 1766 clam | |
Ostrea sp., "Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
"Ostrea plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster | |
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Glycymeris deleta clam | |
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Limopsis scalaris clam | |
| Gymnolaemata | |
| Ostracoda | |
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Cytheridea muelleri ostracod
Cytheridea perforata ostracod | |
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Cythere plicata ostracod
Cythere striatopunctata ostracod | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Turbinolia humilis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral | |