The Boscombe Sands at Southbourne: Lutetian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Limnocarpus forbesi seed/fruit (Heer 1862)
original and current combination Cyperites forbesii
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cupressistrobus gardeneri multi organs
Sequoia couttsiae multi organs Heer 1862
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Carpinus boveyana seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Rhamnospermum bilobatum seed/fruit Chandler 1925
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Rutaceae
Rutaspermum excavatum seed/fruit Chandler 1962
Rutaspermum rugosum n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Toddaliospermum ornatum n. gen., n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Angiospermae - Malvales - Thymelaeaceae
? Thymelaeaspermum sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1962
Thymelaeaspermum bournense n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Daphne bournensis seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae
Hordwellia crassisperma seed/fruit (Chandler 1926)
original and current combination Actinidia crassisperma
Angiospermae - Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos sp. seed/fruit Jacquin 1760
Symplocos headonensis seed/fruit Chandler 1926
Angiospermae - Ericales - Pentaphylacaceae
? Cleyera stigmosa seed/fruit (Ludwig 1859)
Angiospermae
Carpolithus apocyniformis seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
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
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Caricoidea sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1957
Caricoidea obscura seed/fruit (Chandler 1960)
Caricoidea angulata n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Sabal sp. leaf Adanson 1763
Palmospermum sp. seed/fruit Reid and Chandler 1933
Angiospermae - Cornales - Cornaceae
Mastixicarpum crassum seed/fruit Chandler 1926
Eomastixia rugosa seed/fruit (Zenker 1833)
original and current combination Baccites rugosus
Angiospermae - Icacinales - Icacinaceae
Stizocarya sp. seed/fruit Reid and Chandler 1933
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales
Hantsia pulchra seed/fruit (Chandler 1925)
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Protoaltingia hantonensis seed/fruit Chandler 1962
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Wardenia marginata n. sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1963
Angiospermae - Solanales - Solanaceae
Solanispermum reniforme seed/fruit (Chandler 1957)
original and current combination Solanispermum reniformis
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Brasenia ovula seed/fruit Brongniart 1828
Mastixiaceae
? Mastixia glandulosa seed/fruit Chandler 1961
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Dorset
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 1.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.5° North, 5.2° 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:hematitic,intraclastic,yellow poorly lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: unlithified argillaceous,sandy lignite
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Various. Dominated by yellow-white marine sands with rolled shingle banks, pebbles rounded, coated, worn. Pink Clay with leaf impressions. Sandy Clay. Carbonaceous pockets and rafts. Indurated white sands with iron staining.
Environment:marginal marine indet.
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,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:24108
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:B. Tiffney
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:paleobotany
Created:2002-07-30 18:04:20 Last modified:2018-11-15 15:18:36
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-30 18:04:20
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]