Miramar Crinoid Bed, Isle of Sheppey: Ypresian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Teredinids indet.
common
Ophiuroida indet.
common
Palaeohypodotus rutoti
rare
Actinopteri
Teleostei informal indet. bones and vertebrae Müller 1846
common-bones and vetrebrae
Teleostei informal indet. otoliths Müller 1846
rare-otoliths
Actinopteri - Gadiformes
Trichurides sp.
frequent - originally entered as "Trichiurides sp."
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina prima (Winkler 1874)
rare
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Squalus minor (Daimeries 1888)
rare
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus secundus (Winkler 1876)
recombined as Physodon secundus
frequent - originally entered as "Physogaelus secundus"
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980
frequent
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816
rare
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus lefevrei (Daimeries 1891)
recombined as Pachygaleus lefevrei
rare
Galeorhinus ypresiensis (Casier 1946)
rare
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes
Isurolamna affinis
frequent
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Eugomphodus macrotus
synonym of Carcharias
frequent
Eugomphodus hopei
synonym of Carcharias
frequent
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna inflata (Leriche 1905)
original and current combination Lamna vincenti inflata
frequent
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905
rare
Hypotodus verticalis (Agassiz 1843)
frequent - originally entered as "Hyptotodus verticalis"
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon sheppeyensis
rare
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus agassizi Cappetta 1976
rare - originally entered as "Haxanchus agassizi"
Notorhynchus serratissimus (Agassiz 1843)
rare
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isselicrinidae
Isselicrinus subbasaltiformis
very common
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae
Democrinus londinensis
common
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Ditrupa plana
rare
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula tenuis Henry 1876
rare
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Simplicioceras centrale (Sowerby 1812)
rare
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
very common
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira glaucinoides (Sowerby 1812)
common
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
? Aporrhais sowerbyi
rare - originally entered as "?Aporrhais sowerbyi"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Cymbium sp.
frequent - originally entered as "Cybium sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Bartonia curta
rare
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Bathytoma sp. Harris and Burrows 1891
rare
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira gyrata (Edwards 1857)
rare
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinidae indet. (Swainson 1840)
original and current combination Fusininae
common
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
? Cerithiscala sp. de Boury 1887
rare - originally entered as "?Cerithiscala sp."
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Cylichnina sp. Monterasato 1884
spelled with current rank as Retusa (Cylichnina)
rare
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander parisiensis
rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Crenilabium elongatum (Sowerby 1824)
rare
Tornatellaea simulata (Solander 1766)
rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Stellaxis pulcher
spelled with current rank as Architectonica (Stellaxis)
rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Spiratellidae
Spiratella taylori
rare
Bivalvia
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
common
    = Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Hendy 2008
Nucula = Cretaceous-Recent
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Ledina amygdaloides
common
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula bowerbanki
frequent
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra splendens (Sowerby 1837)
frequent
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula globosa Sowerby 1818
recombined as Varicorbula globosa
frequent
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Thyasira angulata
frequent
Thyasira goodhalli
rare
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis sp. Adams and Adams 1854
frequent
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
? Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
rare - originally entered as "?Cadulus sp."
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Curculionidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Curculionites
rare
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802
common
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Portunites sp. Bell 1858
rare
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa sp. Leach 1814
frequent
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae
Hoploparia gammaroides M'Coy 1849
common
unclassified
Metazoa informal indet. burrows Haeckel 1874
synonym of Animalia
common-burrows
Metazoa informal indet. coprolites Haeckel 1874
synonym of Animalia
frequent-coprolites, fecel pellets
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Kent
Coordinates: 51.4° North, 0.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.9° North, 1.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Early/Lower Eocene
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:London Clay
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Division B
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified claystone
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Plant remains were also collected here
Metadata
Database number:3260
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky, A. Hendy Enterer:K. Layou, A. Hendy
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-28 07:41:42 Last modified:2019-08-11 23:09:04
Access level:the public Released:1999-07-28 07:41:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
151. J. Cooper. 1985. An outcrop of the Miramar Crinoid Bed (Lower Eocene: London Clay, Division B) at Elmley Hills, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Tertiary Research 7(2):45-47 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

26349 A. J. W. Hendy. 2008. Personal opinions and reidentification of pre-Cenozoic Mollusca. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]