scholarly journals On Upper Eocene Fossils from the Isle of Wight

1862 ◽  
Vol 18 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 330-331
Author(s):  
F. Sandberger
Keyword(s):  
Upper Eocene ◽  
Isle Of Wight

scholarly journals The first damselfly (Odonata, Lestidae) from the upper Eocene of Monteils (Gard, France)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4750 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-436
Author(s):  
ROMAIN JATTIOT ◽  
BENJAMIN LATUTRIE ◽  
ANDRÉ NEL
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Upper Eocene ◽  
Isle Of Wight ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Lacustrine Basin ◽  
Southern Area

The discovery of the first damselfly Lestes regina Théobald, 1937 from Monteils (Gard, France) supports the identity of late Eocene age of this outcrop with the historical outcrop of Célas, type locality for the type series of this species. Lestes regina is also documented from the late Eocene Isle of Wight basin, confirming the presence of significant contacts between this southern area and the anglo-Parisian lacustrine basin at that time. Nearly all the Eocene and Oligocene fossil Lestes from Western Europe have a particular character, viz. the presence of a supplementary row of cells between the veins MP and CuA. This character is much less frequent in extant Lestes and is still unknown among Neogene representatives of the genus. 

VII.—Suggestions for a Revised Classification of the British Eocenes

1882 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 466-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Starkie Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Upper Eocene ◽  
Isle Of Wight ◽  
Lower Miocene

Since the British Eocenes, especially of the Hampshire Basin, were mapped by the Survey, a portion of them have been separated by several writers as Oligocene. The utility of the change is not apparent in our country, where the break is seen to be purely artificial; but in other parts of Europe the Oligocenes, which embrace formations previously known as Lower Miocene, are of great importance. This change, absorbing the entire Upper Eocene fromation of the Isle of Wight, would seem alone to necessitate a reconsideration of the classification of the remainder. But the classification of the Eocene formation, invented and often modified when the beds composing it were imperfectly known, is throughout arbitrary and artificial, and scarcely yet on a scientific basis. Most of the present divisions comprise under one name the very distinct deposits formed by river, sea, or estuary, though these have been brought from quite opposite directions, and are perhaps by no means contemporaneous.

Vecticallichirus batei (WOODWARD, 1869) n. comb. – a remarkable Paleogene ghost shrimp (Decapoda, Axiidea, Callichiridae) from the Isle of Wight, southern England

2020 ◽  
Vol 296 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-128
Author(s):  
Matúš Hyžný
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Original Material ◽  
Upper Eocene ◽  
Isle Of Wight ◽  
Southern England ◽  
Ghost Shrimp ◽  
Recent Classification

Paleogene ghost shrimps of the Isle of Wight (England) are reassessed with respect to the most recent classification of extant representatives. A re-examination of the original material of the insufficiently described Callianassa batei Woodward, 1869 from the Oligocene Bouldnor Formation of the island has now revealed that it belongs to the genus Vecticallichirus Quayle & Collin , 2012 (type species: V. abditus Quayle & Collins, 2012) from the Upper Eocene Headon Hill Formation of the same area and is, in fact, conspecific with V. abditus. Vecticallichirus abditus is here considered to be a junior synonym of Vecticallichirus batei.

New discoveries concerning the geology of the central and eastern parts of the English Channel

1975 ◽  
Vol 279 (1288) ◽  
pp. 155-167 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
Middle Eocene ◽  
Geological Structure ◽  
English Channel ◽  
Total Thickness ◽  
Upper Eocene ◽  
The South ◽  
Seismic Profiles ◽  
Isle Of Wight ◽  
Geological Map

A study of rock-samples collected at 26 stations and continuous seismic profiles taken over a distance of 2000 km in the eastern part of the English Channel reveals the existence of a large flat-floored Tertiary syncline which forms an easterly extension of the Hampshire Basin of Southern England. The newly delineated basin, which is here referred to as the Hampshire—Dieppe Basin, forms part of the well-known Palaeogene Anglo-Paris-Belgian depositional basin. The total thickness of Palaeogene strata in the eastern part of the basin is about 380 m and the youngest beds present are probably of Upper Eocene age. Upper Cretaceous strata are exposed around the edges of the basin; the thickness of the Chalk varying from about 250 m in the south and east to 420 m in the northwest. The basin is bounded to the northeast by the Weald—Artois anticline and a strong flexure, the Bembridge—St Valery line, which is a continuation of the Isle of Wight monocline, controls the position of much of its southwestern boundary. To the south of the Hampshire-Dieppe basin lies the Baie de la Seine Tertiary syncline. Here, freshwater limestones of presumed Oligocene age overlie a Middle Eocene marine sequence. Lithologies and microfaunas of the samples are described and related to those of sequences of similar age on nearby land, and some conclusions are drawn about the palaeogeography of the area. The geological structure of the area is elucidated, the paths of faults and fold axes are traced and a geological map is presented.

The Upper Eocene Brockenhurst Bed

1970 ◽  
Vol 107 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Martini
Keyword(s):  
Calcareous Nannoplankton ◽  
Upper Eocene ◽  
Isle Of Wight ◽  
Lower Oligocene ◽  
Stratigraphic Position

SummaryCalcareous nannoplankton from the Brockenhurst Bed of Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight, belong to zone NP 20 of the standard Palaeogene calcareous nannoplankton zonation, indicating that the stratigraphic position of the Brockenhurst Bed is in the uppermost Eocene, and not equivalent to the type Lattorfian (Lower Oligocene).

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