The London Clay Flora - Frinton: Ypresian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Ericales - Epacridaceae
Leucopogon quadrilocularis seed/fruit Reid and Chandler 1933
Angiospermae - Gentianales
Jenkinsella apocynoides seed/fruit Reid and Chandler 1933
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Frintonia ornata n. gen., n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Angiospermae - Proteales - Sabiaceae
Meliosma jenkinsii seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurocarpum ovoideum seed/fruit Reid and Chandler 1933
Cinnamomum oblongum n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina praecursor Leriche 1942
Casier 1966
Oxyrhina sheppeyensis Cassier 1966
Casier 1966
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905
Casier 1966
Odontaspis trigonalis (Jackel 1895)
Casier 1966
recombined as Jaekelotodus trigonalis
Odontaspis aff. rutoti (Winkler 1878)
Casier 1966
recombined as Palaeohypotodus rutoti
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis hopei (Agassiz 1843)
Casier 1966
recombined as Carcharias hopei
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Odontaspis macrota (Agassiz 1838)
Casier 1966
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Essex
Coordinates: 51.8° North, 1.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.3° North, 1.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Early/Lower Eocene - Early/Lower Eocene
*International age/stage:Ypresian - Ypresian
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:London Clay
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,pyritic unlithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: In pyrite patches within London Clay
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,permineralized,coalified,original carbon,replaced with pyrite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Frinton-on-Sea
Database number:22804
Authorizer:B. Tiffney, M. Uhen Enterer:B. Tiffney, J. Bean, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-06-26 11:35:56 Last modified:2017-05-24 16:45:26
Access level:the public Released:2002-06-26 11:35:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6528. M. E. J. Chandler. 1961. The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. I. Palaeocene Floras. London Clay Flora (Supplement) 1-354 [B. Tiffney/J. Bean/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]