The London Clay Flora - Nursling: Ypresian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis hopei (Agassiz 1843)
Casier 1966
recombined as Carcharias hopei
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Anemiaceae
Anemia poolensis leaf Chandler 1955
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Tinospora excavata seed/fruit Reid and Chandler 1933
Menispermicarpum sp. seed/fruit Chesters 1957
Menispermicarpum rariforme n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Palaeosinomenium pulchrum n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Palaeococculus lakensis n. gen., n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Angiospermae - Boraginales - Boraginaceae
Ehretia clausentia n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis informal sp. 1 seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Vitis informal sp. 2 seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Vitis pygmaea n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Vitis obovoidea n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica boveyana seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Burseraceae
Bursericarpum clausentium n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtospermum informal sp. 1 seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Myrtospermum informal sp. 2 seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Myrtospermum variabile n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1961
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Hantshire
Coordinates: 50.9° North, 1.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.4° North, 3.8° 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
*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:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: London Clay in a gravel pit.
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,permineralized,original carbon,replaced with pyrite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:22810
Authorizer:B. Tiffney, M. Uhen Enterer:B. Tiffney, M. Uhen, J. Bean
Modifier:B. Tiffney Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-06-26 14:28:24 Last modified:2003-05-19 15:32:32
Access level:database members Released:2002-06-26 14:28:24
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]