Bovey Tracey (Oligocene to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 3.7° W: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 6.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bovey Tracey Lignite Formation, Rupelian to Rupelian (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; poorly lithified, silty, sandy lignite

• The collections come from several pits in a basin ~8 miles long and ~3.5 miles wide
• The basin is filled with gravels, sands, pottery clays and lignite

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: adpression, original carbon, replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,

Primary reference: M. E. J. Chandler. 1957. The Oligocene Flora of the Bovey Tracey Lake Basin, Devonshire. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 3(3):71-123 [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27665: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 17.12.2002, edited by Julia Fosdick

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
"Osmunda lignitum" = Osmunda lignita
"Osmunda lignitum" = Osmunda lignita Giebel 1857
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Angiospermae
 Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae
 Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis hookeri grapevine
Vitis stipitata Chandler 1957 grapevine
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Fagales - Myricaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Carpinus boveyanus Heer 1862 hornbeam
Corylus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hazel
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Rutaspermum exaratum Heer 1862 citrus
 Rosids - Moraceae
Moroidea boveyana Chandler 1957 mulberry
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Lauraceae indet. Jussieu 1789 laurel
 Solanales - Solanaceae
Solanispermum reniformis Chandler 1957 nightshade
 Proteales - Sabiaceae
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Hamamelidaceae indet. Brown 1818 witch-hazel
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Calamus daemonorops Unger 1860 rattan
 Poales - Cyperaceae
 Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Primulaceae
 Ericales - Symplocaceae
Symplocos headonensis Chandler 1926 sweetleaf
 Papaverales - Capparidaceae
Capparidispermum boveyanum Chandler 1957 caper
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtospermum sp. Chandler 1961 myrtle
 Myrtales - Lythraceae
Microdiptera parva Chandler 1957
Angiospermae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Brasenia ovula Brongniart 1828 water lily
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia couttsiae Heer 1862 coast redwood
Mastixia
  - Mastixiaceae