London Clay palaeognath: Early/Lower Eocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Lithornithidae
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Lithornis vulturinus
Owen 1840
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Emslie 1988 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Isle of Sheppey |
| Coordinates: | 51.3° North, 0.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.7° North, 1.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Eocene |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | London Clay |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: "specimen lost, referred to as a volant, palaeognathous bird" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 13320 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Hunter | Enterer: | J. Hunter |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-02-20 14:33:43 | Last modified: | 2018-11-26 16:25:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-02-20 14:33:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6040. | R. Owen. 1841. Description of the fossil remains of a mammal (Hyracotherium leporinum) and of a bird (Lithornis vulturinus) from the London Clay . Transactions of the Geological Society of London VI(2)(1):203-208 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 4416 | 5% 13020 | S. D. Emslie. 1988. An early condor-like vulture from North America. The Auk 105(3):529-535 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/J. Hunter] |