Hengistbury Head: Eocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Araucarites sp. leaf Presl 1833
unclassified
Limnocarpus headonensis seed/fruit Gardner 1898
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia couttsiae wood Heer 1862
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. leaf Linnaeus 1753
Pinus dixoni seed/fruit Gardner 1890
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Brasenia ovula seed/fruit Brongniart 1828
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
Stratiotes hantonensis seed/fruit Chandler 1960
Angiospermae - Ericales - Symplocaceae
Epacridicarpum mudense seed/fruit Chandler 1960
Symplocos sp. seed/fruit Jacquin 1760
Angiospermae - Ericales - Pentaphylacaceae
Cleyera ? variabilis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Nipa burtini seed/fruit (Brongniart 1828)
recombined as Nypa burtini
Palmophyllum sp. leaf Conwentz 1886
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Scirpus lakensis seed/fruit Chandler 1960
Caricoidea sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1957
Caricoidea obscura seed/fruit (Chandler 1960)
Angiospermae - Cornales - Cornaceae
Mastixicarpum crassum seed/fruit Chandler 1926
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales
Hantsia pulchra seed/fruit (Chandler 1925)
Angiospermae
Carpolithus cornutus seed/fruit
Carpolithus sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1768
Angiospermae - Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Rhamnospermum bilobatum seed/fruit Chandler 1925
Angiospermae - Malvales - Thymelaeaceae
Daphne sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Burseraceae
Palaeobursera sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1961
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiodon cf. lautricense Noulet 1851
Hooker 1977 1 specimen
fragment of mandibular symphysis with five roots
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Hampshire
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 1.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.5° North, 5.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper Eocene - Middle - Late/Upper Eocene
Key time interval:Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: likely come from the Hengistbury Beds, as they are the only ones that contain glauconite
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,black,green carbonaceous sandstone
Secondary lithology:glauconitic,brown,gray claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The lower beds are dark olive-green sandy clays with much glauconite and a flint-pebble layer at the base. The upper beds are also glauconitic...silty clays with sandy partings...may be pale chocolate or dark gray.
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,original carbon
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: mammal comes from survey of museum collection, (specimen # GSM.88617)
Metadata
Database number:27721
Authorizer:B. Tiffney, J. Alroy Enterer:J. Fosdick, E. Leckey
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:paleobotany,vertebrate
Created:2003-01-06 16:58:15 Last modified:2018-12-12 10:50:54
Access level:the public Released:2003-01-06 16:58:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7622. M.E.J. Chandler. 1960. Plant Remains of the Hengistbury and Barton Beds. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 4(6):191-238 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]

Secondary references:

10639 J. J. Hooker. 1977. A mammal from the Upper Eocene of Hengistbury, Doreset. Tertiary Research 1(3):91-94 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]