Headon Hill, Bembridge Limestone (marl 18), Isle of Wight,


Fundort: Headon Hill, Bembridge Limestone (marl 18), Isle of Wight, , England,
Taxon: Vectipithex smithorum aus der Familie Omomyidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils,mesofossils, This is Hooker's unit, and the numbered units begin above his "lower Bembridge Limestone" unit, This sequence is primarily marl/mudstone, while the rest of the formation is limestone. This bed is brown shelly marl with organic mud seams.
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 33,9 und 37,2 Millionen Jahre aus der Bembridge Limestone Formation in
Geologie, Sratigraphie Priabonian / Late Eocene / Bembridge Limestone
Koordinaten: 50° 40 ' 0 '' N, 1° 33 ' 0 '' W

Literatur

J. J. Hooker, D. L. Harrison 2008, A new clade of omomyid primates from the European Paleogene. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28:3, p. 826 - 840

Systematik