Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.7° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 44.2° N, 4.5° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; pyritic, carbonaceous claystone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original carbon
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: M.E.J. Chandler. 1960. Plant Remains of the Hengistbury and Barton Beds. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 4(6):191-238 [B. Tiffney/J. Fosdick/J. Fosdick]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27778: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Julia Fosdick on 08.01.2003
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Brasenia ovula Brongniart 1828 water lily | |
Anonaspermum sp. Ball 1931 custard apple | |
Carpolithus spp. Linnaeus 1768 | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Capparidaceae indet. de Jussieu caper | |
Palaeolythrum bournense Chandler 1960 | |
"Hordwellia crassisperma" = Actinidia crassisperma
"Hordwellia crassisperma" = Actinidia crassisperma Chandler 1926 tea | |
Symplocos sp. Jacquin 1760 sweetleaf
? Epacridicarpum mudense Chandler 1960 sweetleaf
Epacridicarpum headonense Chandler 1960 sweetleaf | |
Angiospermae | |
? Daphne sp. Linnaeus 1753 | |
Rutaspermum sp. Chandler 1957 citrus | |
Rhamnospermum bilobatum Chandler 1925 buckthorn | |
Eomastixia rugosa Zenker 1833 | |
Icacinaceae indet. Miers 1851 white pear
Icacinicarya pygmaea white pear
Icacinicarya bartonensis white pear
Stizocarya sp. Reid and Chandler 1933 white pear | |
Caricoidea obscura Chandler 1960 sedge | |
Sequoia couttsiae, "Araucarites sternbergi" = Sequoiadendron fordi
Sequoia couttsiae Heer 1862 coast redwood
"Araucarites sternbergi" = Sequoiadendron fordi Chandler 1978 cypress | |
"Coniferae indet." = Pinophyta
"Coniferae indet." = Pinophyta Reveal 1996 | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine | |
Liliopsida | |
Limnocarpus headonensis Gardner 1898 | |
Diclidocarya | |