Greenways landfill: Ypresian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes
Ctenoplectus williamsi n. gen., n. sp. Close et al. 2016
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Essex
Coordinates: 51.5° North, 0.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.0° North, 2.2° West
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:London Clay
Stratigraphy comments: Division B2
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:189828
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-11-17 18:45:59 Last modified:2017-11-17 18:45:59
Access level:the public Released:2017-11-17 18:45:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

63827. R. A. Close, Z. Johanson, J. C. Tyler, R. C. Harrington, and M. Friedman. 2016. Mosaicism in a new Eocen pufferfish highlights rapid morphological innovation near the origin of crown Tetraodontiforms. Palaeontology 59(4):499-514 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]