Ferry Cliff: Ypresian, United Kingdom
collected by William George
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Omomydae indet.
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Hooker 1980 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Pseudorhyncocyonidae
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Leptictidium prouti
Hooker 2013
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Hooker 2013 | |||||||||
Paratypes: RP4, NHMUK.M64836; RM1/2 trigonid, NHMUK. M64562; RM3, NHMUK.M64256; Referred material. RP3, NHMUK.M64560; worn M1/2 trigonid, NHMUK.M65056; Tentatively referred material. RP2, NHMUK.M65209 | ||||||||||
Fordonia lawsoni n. sp.
Hooker 2013
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Hooker 2013 | |||||||||
NHMUK.M64561 - type (RP4); paratypes: LP4, HZM.26.38376; LM1, NHMUK.M65099; two RM2s, NHMUK.M65101, M65102; RM3, NHMUK.M64895; LP2, NHMUK.M65308; LP4, NHMUK.M65100; RP4, NHMUK. M64255; RM1, NHMUK.M35090; two RM2s, NHMUK.M63872, M65103; LDP3, NHMUK.M64659; RDP4, NHMUK.M65310; LDP4, NHMUK.M64428; referred specimens: Two LM1/2 trigon fragments, NHMUK. M64557, M65053; RM1/2 trigon fragment, NHMUK.M64254; broken RP4, NHMUK.M63873; broken RDP4, NHMUK.M64123 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Leptictidae indet.
Gill 1872
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Hooker 1980 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Microparamys nanus
Teilhard de Jardin 1927
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Benton et al. 2005 | |||||||||
Meldimys sp.
Michaux 1968
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Hooker 1980 | |||||||||
Paramys sp.
Leidy 1871
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Hooker 1980 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Pseudoparamys sp.
Michaux 1964
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Benton et al. 2005 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Teilhardina belgica
(Teilhard de Chardin 1927)
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Benton et al. 2005 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Chiromyoides sp.
Stehlin 1916
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Benton et al. 2005 | |||||||||
Plesiadapis aff. tricuspidens
Gervais 1877
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Hooker 1980 | |||||||||
Platychoerops georgei
Hooker 1994
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synonym of Plesiadapis tricuspidens | ||||||||||
BMNH.M35043 (left i1) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Pontifactor sp.
West 1974
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Benton et al. 2005 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Hyracotherium cuniculus
Owen 1842
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Hooker 1980 | |||||||||
recombined as Cymbalophus cuniculus | ||||||||||
Cymbalophus cuniculus
(Owen 1842)
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Benton et al. 2005 | |||||||||
Teilhardimys musculus
Kretzoi and Kretzoi 2000
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Hooker and Russell 2012 | |||||||||
RP3, HZM.2.39393; two RP4s, NHMUK.M85488, M85489; two LM1s, NHMUK.M85483, M85493; three LM2s, NHMUK.M50378, M85484, HZM.1.39090; RM2, HZM.6.39351; two LDP4s, NHMUK.M50377, HZM.3.39202; RDP4, HZM.2.39098; RP2, NHMUK. M85490; LP3, NHMUK.M85491; three LP4s, NHMUK. M50379, M85492, HZM.5.39351; two LM2s, NHMUK.M85485, M85486; RM2, NHMUK.M34871; LM3, NHMUK.M85487; RM3, HZM.31.39381; RDP4 talonid, NHMUK.M85494 | ||||||||||
Microhyus musculus
Teilhard de Chardin 1927
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Hooker 1980 | |||||||||
replaced by Teilhardimys musculus | ||||||||||
Paschatherium dolloi
(Teilhard de Chardin 1927)
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Hooker and Russell 2012 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Landenodon woutersi
Quinet 1968
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Benton et al. 2005 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Viverridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Benton et al. 2005 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Miacidae
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Miacidae indet.
Cope 1880
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Benton et al. 2005 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus wardi
Hooker 1979
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Benton et al. 2005 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Amphilemuridae
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Macrocranion sp.
Weitzel 1949
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Benton et al. 2005 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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Pantolestidae indet.
Cope 1884
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Benton et al. 2005 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon ? sp.
(Owen 1845)
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Hooker 1980 | |||||||||
original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Herpetotheriidae indet.
(Trouessart 1879)
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Benton et al. 2005 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Suffolk |
Coordinates: | 52.1° North, 1.3° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.5° North, 1.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Ypresian | Other zone: | MP7 |
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Suffolk Pebble Beds | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Problems have been encountered in determining the age of the Suffolk Pebble Beds. The mammalian fauna from Ferry Cliff compares best with that from Dormaal in Belgium, which is the reference locality for Mammal Paleogene Reference Level MP7..." (Benton et al., 2005) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Collectors: | William George |
Metadata
Database number: | 133368 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion, R. Butler | Enterer: | P. Mannion, J. Benito Moreno |
Modifier: | J. Benito Moreno | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-09-10 22:02:33 | Last modified: | 2017-03-21 15:22:34 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-09-10 22:02:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
42930. | J. J. Hooker. 1994. A new species of Platychoerops (Plesiadapiformes, Mammalia) from the latest Palaeocene of the Paris, London and Belgian Basins. Geobios 27(3):343-352 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
61794 | M. J. Benton, E. Cook, and J. J. Hooker. 2005. Mesozoic and Tertiary Fossil Mammals and Birds of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series 32:215 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] | |
61573 | J. J. Hooker. 1980. The succession of Hyracotherium (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) in the English early Eocene. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 22(2):101-114 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] | |
56880 | J. J. Hooker. 2013. Origin and evolution of the Pseudorhyncocyonidae, a European Paleogene family of insectivorous placental mammals. Palaeontology 56(4):807-835 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
43830 | J. J. Hooker and D. E. Russell. 2012. Early Palaeogene Louisinidae (Macroscelidea, Mammalia), their relationships and north European diversity. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164:856-936 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |