Fundstelle Headon Hill Lignite Bed, Isle of Wight, - Evolution der Primaten

Headon Hill Lignite Bed, Isle of Wight,

Fundort:	Headon Hill Lignite Bed, Isle of Wight, , England,
Taxon:	Adapis parisiensis aus der Familie Adapidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils, This bed occurs within the Upper Headon Limestone, outcropping about a third of the way up the vertical cliff formed by the limestone on the south-west seaward face of Headon Hill; the lignite mainly infills an irregular erosion surface in the underlying limestone. This is the lignite between Bosma's HH3 and HH4 collections, Overall lithology is claystone with interbedded marl (some silty/sandy) and limestone, this unit is a friable black/brown lignite that infills solution channels
Geschätztes Alter der Fundstelle:	zwischen 33,9 und 37,2 Millionen Jahre aus der Upper Headon Beds Formation in
Geologie, Sratigraphie	Priabonian / Late Eocene / Upper Headon Beds
Koordinaten:	50° 37 ' 44 '' N, 1° 33 ' 0 '' W
Die Daten sowie die folgende Systematik stammen aus der Paleobiology Database, Lizenz

Literatur P. E. Cray 1973, Marsupialia, Insectivora, Primates, Creodonta and Carnivora from the Headon Beds (upper Eocene) of southern England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology Series. 23:1, p. 1 - 102
Systematik Adapiformes †Adapidae †Adapina †Cryptadapis †Sivaladapis †Sivaladapis nagrii †Sivaladapis palaeindicus †Adapinae †Leptadapis †Leptadapis magnus †Leptadapis ruetimeyeri †Leptadapis capellae †Leptadapis filholi †Leptadapis leenhardti †Leptadapis (Paradapis) †Magnadapis †Magnadapis intermedius †Magnadapis laurenceae †Magnadapis quercyi †Magnadapis fredi †Adapoides †Adapoides troglodytes †Microadapis †Microadapis sciureus †Adapis †Adapis stintoni †Adapis parisiensis †Adapis sudrei †Adapis collinsonae †Protoadapis †Protoadapis curvicuspidens †Protoadapis angustidens †Protoadapis filholi †Pelycodus †Pelycodus danielsae †Pelycodus eppsi †Pelycodus savagei †Pelycodus jarrovii