Hordle Cliff shell bed (within Mammal Bed), Hampshire: Priabonian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Paludinae indet.
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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Reptilia
- Squamata
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Squamata indet.
Oppel 1811
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Reptilia
- Serpentes
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Serpentes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys sp.
Dumeril 1806
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Reptilia
- Crocodilia
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Crocodilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Potamomya sp.
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| synonym of Erodona | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Hampshire |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 1.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 5.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Headon Beds | Member: | Mammal Bed | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: this horizon occurs immediately above the ironstone band (number 8 in Tawney and Keeping, 1883) which is usually considered to mark the base of the Mammal Bed. Age is Upper Eocene (Lower Ludian). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal packstone |
| Secondary lithology: | concretionary,ferruginous sandy,calcareous claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: the Headon Beds are predominantly clays, with varying amounts of sand, limestone and ironstone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: In 1852, the Marchioness of Hastings published an almost identical paper to her 1853 report. I used the later English version, but the earlier paper is the more primary reference. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:very similar composition to the unit just below the lower ironstone band | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Hordwell | ||
| Database number: | 39667 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 28747 | ||
| Created: | 2004-06-02 09:59:55 | Last modified: | 2022-02-01 06:47:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-02 09:59:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |