Barton-on-Sea, England (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 5.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Barton Clay Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• detailed stratigraphic information given in Hooker, 1986 and Edwards and Freshney, 1987.

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

• clay

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: D. N. Lewis. 1989. Fossil Echinoidea from the Barton Beds (Eocene, Bartonian) of the type locality at Barton-on-Sea in the Hampshire Basin, England. Tertiary Research 11(1):1-47 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8024: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 14.06.2000, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Echinoids only
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia minor
Turbinolia minor Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Echinoidea
 Pedinoida - Pedinidae
Echinopedina paucituberculata n. sp.
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
? Porosoma sp.
? Porosoma sp. Cotteau 1856 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Spatangus grandituberculatus n. sp.
Spatangus grandituberculatus n. sp. heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Eupatagus excentricus, Eupatagus hastingiae
Eupatagus hastingiae heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster branderianus
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Coelopleurus sp.
Coelopleurus sp. sea urchin
 Temnopleuroida -
? Ambipleurus quaylei n. sp.
? Ambipleurus quaylei n. sp. sea urchin