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Woolwich, Greater London, England, UK

FormationWoolwich
Member(s)Brixton
Age:56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
IntervalYpresian
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences5

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Park HillCroydon, Greater London, England, UKWoolwich - Brixton
Woolwich Beds - DulwichSouthwark, Greater London, England, UKWoolwich
Sydenham - Woolwich Shell BedsLewisham, Greater London, England, UKWoolwich

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Woolwich - Brixton56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
claystone13
Woolwich & Reading Beds59.2 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
claystone/sandstone, "siliciclastic", claystone, sandstone41

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Odontaspis macrota
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : Odontaspis : Odontaspis macrota56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Coryphodon sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Coryphodontidae : Coryphodon56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Coryphodon oweni
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Coryphodontidae : Coryphodon : Coryphodon oweni56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Pantolestidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pantolestidae56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Palaeonictis gigantea
species
7Oxyaenidae : Palaeonictis : Palaeonictis gigantea56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Neomatronella luciannae
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Erinaceomorpha : Amphilemuridae : Neomatronella : Neomatronella luciannae56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Charlesmooria childei
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Ptilodontidae : Ectypodus : Charlesmooria childei56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Plagioctenodon dormaalensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Nyctitheriidae : Plagioctenodon : Plagioctenodon dormaalensis56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Wyonycteris kingi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Nyctitheriidae : Wyonycteris : Wyonycteris kingi56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Peradectes louisi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Peradectes : Peradectes louisi56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Leptictidium prouti
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Leptictidae : Leptictidium : Leptictidium prouti56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Melaneremia schrevei
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Microchoeridae : Melaneremia : Melaneremia schrevei56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Platychoerops daubrei
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Plesiadapidae : Platychoerops : Platychoerops daubrei56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Platychoerops russelli
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Plesiadapidae : Platychoerops : Platychoerops russelli56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Plesiadapidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Plesiadapidae56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Ailuravinae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Ischyromyidae : Ailuravinae56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Microparamyinae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Ischyromyidae : Microparamyinae56 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

References

Casier E. (1966) , Faune ichthyologique du London Clay, 1-510
Benton M. J., Cook E., et al (2005) Mesozoic and Tertiary Fossil Mammals and Birds of Great Britain, Geological Conservation Review Series 32, 215
Hooker J. J. (2013) Origin and evolution of the Pseudorhyncocyonidae, a European Paleogene family of insectivorous placental mammals, Palaeontology 56 4, 807-835
Hooker J. J. (2018) A mammal fauna from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum of\r\nCroydon, London, UK, Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 1-16 doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2018.01.001
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