Greenways landfill: Ypresian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
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Ctenoplectus williamsi n. gen., n. sp.
Close et al. 2016
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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] |