Fish Tooth Beds: Ypresian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Glareolidae
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Precursor parvus n. gen., n. sp.
Harrison and Walker 1977
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Reptilia
- Cuculiformes
- Cuculidae
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Procuculus minutus n. gen., n. sp.
Harrison and Walker 1977
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Reptilia
- Apodiformes
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Primapus lacki n. gen., n. sp.
Harrison and Walker 1975
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1 specimen | |||||||||
holotype | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Zygodactylidae
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Primoscens minutus n. gen., n. sp.
Harrison and Walker 1977
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Reptilia
- Lithornithidae
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Pediorallus barbarae
Harrison and Walker 1977
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synonym of Lithornis vulturinus | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Paralbula casei
Estes 1969
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from lower fish-tooth bed | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Sussex |
Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 0.7° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.2° North, 3.0° 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: | Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Eocene |
Key time interval: | Ypresian | Zone: | Fish Tooth Beds |
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | London Clay |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all macrofossils |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Holotype of n. gen. and sp. Primapus lacki, BMNH A2166, collected in November 1935 by E. M. Venables. | |
Taxonomic list comments:It is mentioned that other fossil birds have been collected from the London Clay. |
Metadata
Database number: | 13298 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Hunter, M. Uhen, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Hunter, P. Holroyd, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | J. Hunter | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-02-19 07:54:28 | Last modified: | 2003-03-11 11:34:36 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-02-19 07:54:28 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
4417. | 5% 30120 | C. J. O. Harrison and C. A. Walker. 1975. A new swift from the Lower Eocene of Britain. Ibis 117(2):162-164 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/J. Hunter] |
Secondary references:
64920 | R. J. Estes. 1969. Studies on Fossil Phyllodont Fishes: Interrelationships and Evolution in the Phyllodontidae (Albuloidei) . Copeia 2:317-331 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen] | |
74648 | C. J. O. Harrison and C. A. Walker. 1977. Birds of the British Lower Eocene. Tertiary Research Group 3:1-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |