ammonites
The London Clay Flora - Nursling (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 3.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: London Clay Formation, Ypresian (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; unlithified claystone

• London Clay in a gravel pit.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: permineralized, original carbon, replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: M. E. J. Chandler. 1961. The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. I. Palaeocene Floras. London Clay Flora (Supplement). British Museum (Natural History) London. 1-354 + 34 Plates [B. Tiffney/J. Bean/J. Bean] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22810: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 26.06.2002, edited by Jessica Bean