Ferry Cliff: Ypresian, United Kingdom
collected by William George

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Omomydae indet.
Hooker 1980
Mammalia - Pseudorhyncocyonidae
Leptictidium prouti Hooker 2013
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
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
Leptictidae indet. Gill 1872
Hooker 1980
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys nanus Teilhard de Jardin 1927
Benton et al. 2005
Meldimys sp. Michaux 1968
Hooker 1980
Paramys sp. Leidy 1871
Hooker 1980
Mammalia - Rodentia
Pseudoparamys sp. Michaux 1964
Benton et al. 2005
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Teilhardina belgica (Teilhard de Chardin 1927)
Benton et al. 2005
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Chiromyoides sp. Stehlin 1916
Benton et al. 2005
Plesiadapis aff. tricuspidens Gervais 1877
Hooker 1980
Platychoerops georgei Hooker 1994
synonym of Plesiadapis tricuspidens
BMNH.M35043 (left i1)
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Pontifactor sp. West 1974
Benton et al. 2005
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Hyracotherium cuniculus Owen 1842
Hooker 1980
recombined as Cymbalophus cuniculus
Cymbalophus cuniculus (Owen 1842)
Benton et al. 2005
Teilhardimys musculus Kretzoi and Kretzoi 2000
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
Hooker 1980
replaced by Teilhardimys musculus
Paschatherium dolloi (Teilhard de Chardin 1927)
Hooker and Russell 2012
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Landenodon woutersi Quinet 1968
Benton et al. 2005
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821
Benton et al. 2005
Mammalia - Carnivora - Miacidae
Miacidae indet. Cope 1880
Benton et al. 2005
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus wardi Hooker 1979
Benton et al. 2005
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae
Macrocranion sp. Weitzel 1949
Benton et al. 2005
Mammalia - Pantolestidae
Pantolestidae indet. Cope 1884
Benton et al. 2005
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon ? sp. (Owen 1845)
Hooker 1980
original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon)
Mammalia
Herpetotheriidae indet. (Trouessart 1879)
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]