Oidham: Ypresian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Odontaspis macrota
(Agassiz 1838)
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Casier 1966 | ||||||
| original and current combination Otodus macrotus | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 51.3° North, 0.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.7° North, 3.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | London Clay |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 185903 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-05-24 10:24:04 | Last modified: | 2017-05-24 10:24:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-05-24 10:24:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10457. | M. D. Uhen. 2004. Form, Function, and Anatomy of Dorudon atrox (Mammalia, Cetacea): An Archaeocete from the Middle to Late Eocene of Egypt. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 34:1-222 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 28173 | E. Casier. 1966. Faune ichthyologique du London Clay 1-510 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/M. Uhen] |