Lee-on-the-Solent, Selsey Formation: Lutetian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Foraminifera indet.
Eichwald 1830
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| agglutinating forams | ||||||||||
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Elphidiidae
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Elphidium latedorsatum
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Buliminidae
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Robertina germanica
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Nodosariata
- Polymorphinida
- Polymorphinidae
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Guttulina problema
(d'Orbigny 1826)
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Globulina gibba
d'Orbigny 1832
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Rotaliidae
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Pararotalia sp.
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Bagginidae
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Baggina subconica
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Nummulitidae
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Nummulites variolarius
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Ammobaculites sp.
Cushman 1910
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Lituolida
- Haplophragmoididae
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Cribrostomoides sp.
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Discorbidae
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Discorbis propinqua
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Nonionidae
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Nonion affine
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Cibicididae
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Cibicides pygmeus
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Cibicides sp.
Monfort 1808
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Cibicides cf. tenellus
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Cibicides ex gr. proprius
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unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Echinodermata indet.
Klein 1754
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Leguminocythereidae
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Leguminocythereis striatopunctata
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Brachycytheridae
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Pterygocythereis cornuta
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| original and current combination Cythereis (Pterygocythereis) | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1834
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Hampshire |
| Coordinates: | 50.8° North, 1.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.6° North, 4.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Bracklesham | Formation: | Selsey | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: the authors call this the "Nummulites variolarius Bed" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic,shelly/skeletal sandy claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: shelly sandy clay, glauconitic, with abundant molluscs and nummulites | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 41966 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-22 10:36:46 | Last modified: | 2004-07-22 13:36:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-22 10:36:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10858. | D. J. Kemp, A. D. King, C. King and W. J. Quayle. 1979. Stratigraphy and Biota of the Elmore Formation (Huntingbridge division, Bracklesham Group) at Lee-on-the-Solent, Gosport, Hampshire. Tertiary Research 2(2):93-103 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |