The London Clay Flora - Frinton: Ypresian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Epacridaceae
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Leucopogon quadrilocularis seed/fruit
Reid and Chandler 1933
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Angiospermae
- Gentianales
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Jenkinsella apocynoides seed/fruit
Reid and Chandler 1933
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Angiospermae
- Ranunculales
- Menispermaceae
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Frintonia ornata n. gen., n. sp. seed/fruit
Chandler 1961
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Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Sabiaceae
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Meliosma jenkinsii seed/fruit
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Angiospermae
- Laurales
- Lauraceae
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Laurocarpum ovoideum seed/fruit
Reid and Chandler 1933
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Cinnamomum oblongum n. sp. seed/fruit
Chandler 1961
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Chondrichthyes
- Odontaspidida
- Isuridae
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Oxyrhina praecursor
Leriche 1942
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Casier 1966 | ||||||
Oxyrhina sheppeyensis
Cassier 1966
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Casier 1966 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis winkleri
Leriche 1905
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Casier 1966 | ||||||
Odontaspis trigonalis
(Jackel 1895)
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Casier 1966 | ||||||
recombined as Jaekelotodus trigonalis | |||||||
Odontaspis aff. rutoti
(Winkler 1878)
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Casier 1966 | ||||||
recombined as Palaeohypotodus rutoti | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Odontaspis hopei
(Agassiz 1843)
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Casier 1966 | ||||||
recombined as Carcharias hopei | |||||||
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 | 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] |