Brading Harbour, Bembridge Limestone (bed 3), Isle of Wight: Late/Upper Eocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Charales
- Characea
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Chara tuberculata
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| he doesn't specify, but it's probably a seed-vessel | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Planorbis oligyratus
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Planorbis discus
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Gastropoda
- Viviparidae
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Paludina sp.
Férussac 1812
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unclassified
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Limnaea longiscata
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 1.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 5.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bembridge Limestone | Local bed: | 3 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: bed thickness is approx. 1 ft 8 in | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary argillaceous,conglomeratic "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | green,white "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: This bed is soft and greenish-white limestone, exhibiting when broken small cavities being the hollows of empty shells, often containing a bituminous substance, probably derived from animal matter. The Bembridge Limestone is in places concretionary, conglomeratic, marly and clayey | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Bembridge Harbour | ||
| Database number: | 40099 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | ||
| Created: | 2004-06-17 13:36:35 | Last modified: | 2005-08-18 19:31:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-17 13:36:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10868. | E. Forbes. 1856. On the Tertiary fluvio-marine formation of the Isle of Wight. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology 1-162 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |