Atherfield Point, Brighstone Bay (Cretaceous to of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Brodiechelys brodiei type locality

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 9.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Shepherd's Chine Member (Vectis Formation), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)

• Turtles collected over a long interval from Atherfield Point, possible representing a single population from a single horizon, inferred from identical preservation, by Milner (2011)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Various, including Wm. White, Rev. W. P Brodie, Hastings in ~1855 onwards; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ)

• Turtles collected over a long interval from Atherfield Point, possible representing a single population from a single horizon, inferred from identical preservation, by Milner (2011)

Primary reference: A. R. Milner. 2011. Turtles. Palaeontological Association Field Guide to Fossils 14:295-304 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127436: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 14.05.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae
"Plesiochelys brodiei n. sp." = Brodiechelys brodiei2, "Plesiochelys valdensis n. sp." = Brodiechelys brodiei2, "Plesiochelys vectensis n. sp." = Brodiechelys brodiei1
"Plesiochelys brodiei n. sp." = Brodiechelys brodiei2 Lydekker 1889 turtle
BMNH R2643 (holotype shell); and subsequently referred specimens: R11146, R11147, R11173, R11174, R11175 (referred shells)
"Plesiochelys valdensis n. sp." = Brodiechelys brodiei2 Lydekker 1889 turtle
BMNH 28967 (holotype shell)
"Plesiochelys vectensis n. sp." = Brodiechelys brodiei1 Lydekker 1889 turtle
BMNH R6683 (holotype shell)
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae
Paludina sp.1 FĂ©russac 1812 snail