Hordle Cliff Mammal Beds: MP 17A - MP 17B, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Paludinae indet.
Hastings 1853
author has this listed as a genus
Spalacodon n. gen. sp.
part of a lower jaw
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Thaumastosaurus sulcatus n. sp.
Holman and Harrison 2003
several maxillae with teeth
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Hastings 1853
bird bones
Reptilia - Crocodilia
Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842
Hastings 1853
spelled with current rank as Crocodylia
Reptilia
Alligator hantoniensis n. sp. Wood 1846
most of the "head" with almost all of the upper teeth, humerus, dermal scutes and other post cranial elements
Vectophis wardi Rage and Ford 1980
Holman et al. 2006
Reptilia - Russellophiidae
Russellophis tenuis Rage 1975
Holman et al. 2006 1 specimen
MSUVP 2065, one anterior trunk vertebra
Reptilia - Boidae
Paleryx rhombifer Owen 1849
Holman et al. 2006
cf. Calamagras sp. Cope 1873
Holman et al. 2006
Palaeopython cadurcensis (Filhol 1877)
Holman et al. 2006 1 specimen
original and current combination Python cadurcensis
MSUVP 2058, mid-trunk vertebra
Paraplatyspondylia batesi Holman and Harrison 1998
Holman and Harrison 1998 5 specimens
MSUVP 1454-1457, four trunk vertebrae; MSUVP 2060, four mid-trunk vertebrae
Reptilia - Tropidophiidae
cf. Dunnophis sp. Hecht 1959
Holman et al. 2006
Reptilia
Amphisbaenidae indet. (Gray 1865)
Augé 2005
maxilla, a few vertebrae and dentaries closely related to Blanus
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Plesiolacerta lydekkeri n. gen., n. sp. (Hoffstetter 1942)
Augé 2005 1 specimen
Iguana europaea
BMNH No. 32 840a, dorsal vertebrae. Originally "Iguana europaea" in Lydekker 1888.
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguinae informal morph. A
Klembara and Green 2010 1 specimen
BMNH R10320, partial left dentary
Anguinae informal morph. B
Klembara and Green 2010 24 specimens
BMNH R10352–10360, BMNH R10524, BMNH R10528–10530, BMNH R13070–13071, dorsal vertebrae; BMNH R9719 part, dorsal vertebra; BMNH R10361–10368, BMNH R13070–13075, BMNH R10464–10470, BMNH R10570–10571, caudal vertebrae.
Anguinae informal morph. C
Klembara and Green 2010 1 specimen
BMNH R10541–10545, osteoderms
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emys sp. Dumeril 1806
Hastings 1853
Emys hordwellensis n. sp. Seeley 1876
Seeley 1876
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Nicoria headonensis n. sp. Hooley 1905
Hooley 1905
recombined as Geoemyda headonensis
Reptilia - Testudines
Ocadia oweni n. sp. Lydekker 1889
Lydekker 1889
recombined as Landreatchelys oweni
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Hastings 1853
Mammalia - Insectivora
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821
part of an upper jaw
Mammalia
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
some type of seal,isolated teeth
    = Quercygale hastingsiae
Cray 1973
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Paloplotherium indet.
Hastings 1853
spelled with current rank as Plagiolophus (Paloplotherium)
multiple jaws
Palaeotherium sp. Cuvier 1804
scapula and portion of upper jaw
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotherium indet. Cuvier 1822
Hastings 1853
a crushed lower jaw
Mammalia - Anoplotheriidae
? Anoplotherium sp. Cuvier 1804
Hastings 1853
postcranial material
Anoplotherium commune Cuvier 1804
Hastings 1853
a tooth
Mammalia - Talpidae
Eotalpa anglica Sigé et al. 1977
Hooker 2016
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
? Nyctitheriidae indet. Simpson 1928
Norris and Harrison 1998
periotic bone HZM 204.27517 from "Mammal Beds"
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Vectipithex smithorum Hooker and Harrison 2008
Hooker and Harrison 2008
HZM.23.29269
Mammalia
? Amphiperatherium sp. Filhol 1879
Norris and Harrison 1998
periotic bone HZM 171.27021 from "Mammal Beds"
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
the Marchioness also mentions "fish vertebrae and bones" they may be different fish, who knows
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis platystoma
Hastings 1853
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Potamomya sp.
Hastings 1853
synonym of Erodona
unclassified
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Hastings 1853
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 1.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.2° North, 5.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Middle Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Eocene
Key time interval:MP 17A - MP 17B
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Headon Hill Member:Totland Bay
Stratigraphy comments: From the Rodent and Mammal Beds: "Mammal Bed" is considered to be ca. 0.75 my older than than the "Rodent Bed" at this locality. Unit corresponds to European Land Mammal Age Zone MP 17.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Collection size:24 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: frog fossil part of MSUVP collection
Taxonomic list comments:Cray, 1973 has a group of taxa that come from either the Mammal or Crocodile Bed including: Peratherium spp A and B, Scraeva woodi (n. gen., n. sp.), Opsiclaenodon major, Adapis magnus, Pseudoloris parvulus, Adelomys ? depereti, A. sp., ?Anchilophus sp., Plagiolophus annectens, P. minor, Cebochoerus sp., Choeropotamus depereti, Dacrytherium ovinum, Catodontherium sp., Haplobunodon lydekkeri, H. sp., Dichodon cervinum, Pseudamphimeryx hantonensis
Metadata
Also known as:Hordwell
Database number:28747
Authorizer:J. Head, P. Mannion, P. Barrett, J. Alroy, D. Nicholson, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Head, P. Mannion, E. Leckey, T. Cleary, D. Nicholson, P. Holroyd
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:39667
Created:2003-02-20 21:33:11 Last modified:2018-12-13 13:18:44
Access level:the public Released:2003-02-20 21:33:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10566. S. Wood. 1844. Record of the discovery of an Alligator with several new Mammalia in the Freshwater Strata at Hordwell. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14:349-351 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

59290 M. L. Augé. 2005. Evolution des lézards du Paléogène en Europe. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 192:1-369 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
10423 P. E. Cray. 1973. Marsupialia, Insectivora, Primates, Creodonta and Carnivora from the Headon Beds (upper Eocene) of southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology Series 23(1):1-102 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
10789 M. Hastings. 1853. On the Tertiary Beds of Hordwell, Hampshire. Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Fourth Series 6(36):1-11 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
7901 J. A. Holman and D. L. Harrison. 1998. A new genus of snake (Serpentes: Boidae) from the upper Eocene of Hordle Cliff, Hampshire, England. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 41:23-27 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Alroy]
10293 J. A. Holman and D. L. Harrison. 2003. A new helmeted frog of the genus Thaumastosaurus from the Eocene of England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(1):157-160 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
60271 J. A. Holman, D. L. Harrison, and D. J. Ward. 2006. Late Eocene snakes from the Headon Hill Formation, southern England. Cainozoic Research 5(1-2):51-62 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]
62212 J. J. Hooker and D. L. Harrison. 2008. A new clade of omomyid primates from the European Paleogene. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):826-840 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
64044 J.J. Hooker. 2016. Skeletal adaptations and phylogeny of the oldest mole Eotalpa (Talpidae, Lipotyphla, Mammalia) from the UK Eocene: the beginning of fossoriality in moles. Palaeontology 59(2) [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
58767 R. W. Hooley. 1905. On a new tortoise from the Lower Headon Beds of Hordwell, Nicoria headonensis sp. nov. Geological Magazine (Decade V) 2(2):66-68 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]
66288 J. Klembara and B. Green. 2010. Anguimorph lizards (Squamata, Anguimorpha) from the middle and late Eocene of the Hampshire Basin of southern England. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(1):97-129 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]
41531 R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia 1-239 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen]
10328 C. A. Norris and D. L. Harrison. 1998. Mammalian periotic bones from the Eocene deposits at Hordle, Hampshire. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 41(1):69-77 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]
58687 H. G. Seeley. 1876. On remains of Emys hordwellensis (Seeley) from the Lower Hordwell Beds in the Hordwell Cliff, contained in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of Cambridge. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 32:445-450 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]
10722 S. Wood. 1846. On the discovery of an alligator and of several new Mammalia in the Hordwell Cliff; with observations upon the geological phenomena of that locality. The London Geological Journal, and Record of Discoveries in British and Foreign Paleontology 1:1-7 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]