East Wittering, Bracklesham Bay, Wittering Formation W14(i): MP 10, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Ailuravus michauxi
Hartenberger 1975
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4 specimens | |||||||||
right M1/2, right p4, 2 right m1/2 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Nannopithex zuccolae
Godinot et al. 1992
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1 specimen | |||||||||
right m3 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Podocnemididae
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Eocenochelus sp.
Pérez-García et al. 2017
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Pérez-García and Chapman 2017 | |||||||||
NHMUK R12773, collected by the late Roy Fowler in 1993 (field number 146). A partial shell including several articulated elements of the carapace (the complete neural series and the medial region of all costals except the eighth left) and the almost complete plastron (lacking the lateral regions of both the hyoplastra and the hypoplastra) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Eurycephalochelys fowleri n. gen., n. sp.
Moody and Walker 1970
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Moody and Walker 1970 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Axestemys vittata | ||||||||||
Trionyx bowerbanki n. sp.
Lydekker 1889
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Gramann 1956 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Trionychidae | ||||||||||
BMNH R38960 (holotype), an incomplete nuchal | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | West Sussex |
Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 0.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.2° North, 3.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Altitude: | 1 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | MP 10 | ||
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Bracklesham | Formation: | Wittering | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: oyster bed W14(i), late Ypresian MP 10 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | sieve,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
Database number: | 41829 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen | Enterer: | E. Leckey, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-07-21 09:15:13 | Last modified: | 2020-05-20 16:38:04 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-21 09:15:13 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
10367. | J. J. Hooker. 1996. Mammals from the Early (late Ypresian) to Middle (Lutetian) Eocene Bracklesham Group, southern England. Tertiary Research 16(1-4):141-174 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |
Secondary references:
64286 | F. Gramann. 1956. Schildkröten aus dem Malnienton von Borken (Niederhessische Senke) (Trionyx, Anosteira). Notizblatt des Hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenforschung zu Wiesbaden 84:16-20 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
43812 | R. T. J. Moody and C. A. Walker. 1970. A new trionychid turtle from the British lower Eocene. Palaeontology 13(3):503-510 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
62846 | A. Pérez-García and S. Chapman. 2017. Identification of Podocnemididae (Pleurodira) in the British record by the first specimen of the coastal Eocenochelus recognized outside Continental Europe. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 128(5-6):757-763 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion] |