Barton Cliffs: Bartonian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Thymeliaceae sp. seed/fruit
Diclidocarya minor seed/fruit
Limnocarpus headonensis seed/fruit Gardner 1898
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. leaf Linnaeus 1753
Pinus sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Coniferae
Coniferae indet. seed/fruit de Jussieu
synonym of Pinophyta
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia couttsiae wood Heer 1862
Araucarites sternbergi leaf Goeppert 1850
replaced by Sequoiadendron fordi
Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Annonaceae
Anonaspermum sp. seed/fruit Ball 1931
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Rhamnospermum bilobatum seed/fruit Chandler 1925
Angiospermae - Sapindales - Rutaceae
Rutaspermum sp. seed/fruit Chandler 1957
Angiospermae - Malvales - Thymelaeaceae
? Daphne sp. seed/fruit Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Papaverales - Capparidaceae
Capparidaceae indet. seed/fruit de Jussieu
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Lythraceae
Palaeolythrum bournense seed/fruit Chandler 1960
Decodon gibbosus seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae
Hordwellia crassisperma seed/fruit (Chandler 1926)
original and current combination Actinidia crassisperma
Angiospermae - Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos sp. seed/fruit Jacquin 1760
? Epacridicarpum mudense seed/fruit Chandler 1960
Epacridicarpum headonense seed/fruit Chandler 1960
Angiospermae - Ericales - Pentaphylacaceae
Cleyera ? variabilis seed/fruit
Cleyera ? bartonensis seed/fruit
Angiospermae
Carpolithus spp. seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
Stratiotes headonensis seed/fruit
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Caricoidea obscura seed/fruit (Chandler 1960)
Angiospermae - Cornales - Cornaceae
Eomastixia rugosa seed/fruit (Zenker 1833)
original and current combination Baccites rugosus
Angiospermae - Icacinales - Icacinaceae
Icacinaceae indet. seed/fruit Miers 1851
Icacinicarya pygmaea seed/fruit
Icacinicarya bartonensis seed/fruit
Stizocarya sp. seed/fruit Reid and Chandler 1933
Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Brasenia ovula seed/fruit Brongniart 1828
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Hampshire
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 1.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.5° North, 5.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Middle - Late/Upper Eocene - Middle - Late/Upper Eocene
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Bartonian - Late/Upper Bartonian
Key time interval:Bartonian
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pyritic carbonaceous claystone
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
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:27778
Authorizer:B. Tiffney Enterer:J. Fosdick
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-01-08 21:46:20 Last modified:2018-12-12 10:51:03
Access level:database members Released:2004-01-08 21:46:20
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:

15072 C. W. Andrews. 1907. Note on the cervical vertebra of a Zeuglodon from the Barton Clay of Barton Cliff (Hampshire). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 63(2):124-125 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
10457 M. D. Uhen. 2004. Form, Function, and Anatomy of Dorudon atrox (Mammalia, Cetacea): An Archaeocete from the Middle to Late Eocene of Egypt. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 34:1-222 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]