Bournemouth Freshwater Beds: Lutetian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Aspideae
? Hewardia regia leaf Gardner and Ettingshausen 1880
Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae
Osmunda lignitum leaf (Giebel 1857)
recombined as Osmunda lignita
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Pteridaceae
Pteris eocenica leaf (Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879)
Adiantum ? sp. leaf Linnaeus 1753
Adiantum apalophyllum leaf Gardner and Ettingshausen 1880
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Anemiaceae
Anemia poolensis leaf Chandler 1955
Anemia subcretacea leaf (Gard and Ett 1880)
original and current combination Asplenium subcretaceum
Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Lygodiaceae
Lygodium kaulfussi leaf Heer
Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae
Dicranopteris hantonensis multi organs
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Goniopteris bunburii leaf (Heer 1861)
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cupressistrobus gardneri multi organs Chandler 1961
? Taxodium eocenicum leaf
Sequoia couttsiae multi organs Heer 1862
Araucarites sternbergi leaf Goeppert 1850
replaced by Sequoiadendron fordi
Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
? Podocarpus incerta leaf
? Podocarpus eocenica leaf
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Annonaceae
Anonaspermum sp. seed/fruit Ball 1931
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis informal sp. 1 seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Vitis informal sp. 2 seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Vitis informal sp. 3 seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Vitis pygmaea seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus poolensis n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
? Leguminosae indet. seed/fruit de Jussieu
synonym of Fabaceae
Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiotheca sp. seed/fruit Reid and Chandler 1933
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Rubus acutiformis seed/fruit Chandler 1925
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Rhamnospermum bilobatum seed/fruit Chandler 1925
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
? Rhus sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Spondiaecarpum operculatum seed/fruit
original and current combination Spondiaecarpon
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Burseraceae
Palaeobursera lakensis seed/fruit Chandler 1962
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Rutaceae
Phellodendron costatum seed/fruit Chandler 1925
Rutaspermum excavatum seed/fruit Chandler 1962
Angiospermae - Malvales - Tiliaceae
? Tilia sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Moraceae
Moraceae indet. seed/fruit Link 1835
Becktonia hantonensis seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Angiospermae - Papaverales - Capparidaceae
Capparidispermum poolense n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Lythraceae
Palaeolythrum bournense seed/fruit Chandler 1960
Microdiptera major n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae
Actinidia poolensis n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Actinidia eocenica n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Hordwellia crassisperma seed/fruit (Chandler 1926)
original and current combination Actinidia crassisperma
Angiospermae - Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos headonensis seed/fruit Chandler 1926
Angiospermae - Ericales - Pentaphylacaceae
? Cleyera stigmosa seed/fruit (Ludwig 1859)
Angiospermae
Wessexia fibrosa seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Wessexia bournensis n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Carpolithus spinossissimus seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Alismales - Alismaceae
? Alisma sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
Stratiotes minutissimus n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Stratiotes hantonensis seed/fruit Chandler 1960
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton pygmaeus seed/fruit Chandler 1925
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurocarpum sp. seed/fruit Reid and Chandler 1933
Cinnamomum sp. seed/fruit Schaeffer 1760
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Scirpus lakensis seed/fruit Chandler 1960
Caricoidea obscura seed/fruit (Chandler 1960)
Caricoidea angulata seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Sabal sp. leaf Adanson 1763
Calamus daemonorops sterile axis (Unger 1860)
Palmae indet. de Jussieu
synonym of Arecaceae
Angiospermae - Cornales - Cornaceae
Dunstania glandulosa seed/fruit (Chandler 1926)
recombined as Cornus glandulosa
Mastixicarpum crassum seed/fruit Chandler 1926
Eomastixia rugosa seed/fruit (Zenker 1833)
original and current combination Baccites rugosus
Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssoidea eocenica seed/fruit Chandler 1962
Angiospermae - Lamiales - Oleaceae
? Olea headonensis seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Angiospermae - Icacinales - Icacinaceae
Natsiatum eocenicum seed/fruit Chandler 1925
Angiospermae - Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae
? Abelia sp. seed/fruit Brown 1818
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Hamamelidaceae indet. seed/fruit Brown 1818
Protoaltingia hantonensis seed/fruit Chandler 1962
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Palaeosinomenium hantonense n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Angiospermae - Solanales - Solanaceae
Solanispermum reniforme seed/fruit (Chandler 1957)
original and current combination Solanispermum reniformis
Angiospermae - Proteales - Sabiaceae
? Meliosma sheppyensis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Violales - Flacourtiaceae
Oncoba rugosa seed/fruit Chandler 1962
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaeaceae indet. seed/fruit Salisbury 1805
Palaeonymphaea eocenica seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae
Morus poolensis n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus lucidus seed/fruit Chandler 1962
unclassified
Acrostichum lanzaeanum leaf (Visiani 1858)
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Dorset
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 2.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.5° North, 5.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Eocene - Middle Eocene
*International age/stage:Lutetian - Lutetian
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray unlithified carbonaceous claystone
Secondary lithology: unlithified carbonaceous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: You want it, you got it. River and pond sediments ranging from fine clays, lignitic clays, silts, lignitic silts, to lignitic sands, lag deposits of carbonaceous deposits, etc. Most fossils from lignitic layers, lignitic clays or lignitic sands.
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: Sediments interpreted to reflect a river system draining to near-coastal conditions.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression,coalified,original carbon,replaced with pyrite
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
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
Database number:24106
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:B. Tiffney
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-07-30 17:38:21 Last modified:2018-11-15 15:17:56
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-30 17:38:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6818. M. E. J. Chandler. 1963. The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. III. Flora of the Bournemouth Beds, The Boscombe, and the Highcliff Sands 1-169 [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/M. Uhen]