Melaneremia bryanti (Omomyidae)



Melaneremia bryanti ist eine Primatenart innerhalb der Familie Omomyidae, die ab dem Paläogen (Eozän) im Ypresium lebte, das vor rund 56 Millionen Jahren begann und bis vor 47,8 Millionen Jahren andauerte.

Fundorte

Systematik

Daten zu den einzelnen Funden von Melaneremia bryanti
Sammlung Kommentar zum Fundort Epoche, Alter Geologie, Formation Kommentar zur Sammlung
Abbey Wood the sandpit, Abbey Wood, London Borough of Bexley (L/L) National Grid Reference TQ 480786 Ypresian
zwischen 47.8 und 56 Millionen Jahren
Blackheath Beds The Sandpit, Lessness Shell Bed, Blackheath Beds
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie Lithographie Kommentar z. Taxonomie
Blackheath Beds is an informal formation name. Lessness Shell Bed (Sparnacian) is within the lower sandy Abbey Wood Member of the Blackheath Beds. JA: assigned to the early Ypresian and Hooker zone PE III by Hooker 2007 from the lower sandy member Cooper doesn't specify the level at Abbey Wood from which his fossils were found. He calls the unit London Clay and gives the age as Sparnacian-Ypresian, based on the fossils.
U.a. am Fundort ausgegraben: Cantius eppsi

Literatur

J. J. Hooker 2007, A new microchoerine omomyid (Primates, Mammalia) from the English Early Eocene and its palaeobiogeographical implications. Palaeontology. 50:3, p. 739 - 756