Barton (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.7° W: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 5.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Barton Formation, Bartonian (40.4 - 37.2 Ma)
• (NP16-18;P12-15)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
• Specimens from Brockenhurst (Priabonian) were sturdier than the Barton (Bartonian) specimens
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. C. Wallace. 2008. New species and records from the Eocene of England and France support early diversification of the coral genus Acropora. Journal of Paleontology 82(2):313-328 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79434: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 08.03.2008