Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.4° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 7.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• 'Portland sandstone'
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W. Buckland in <1842; reposited in the OUM
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137747: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 19.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Chelone planiceps n. sp." = Plesiochelys planiceps
"Chelone planiceps n. sp." = Plesiochelys planiceps Owen 1842 turtle Prof. Buckland possesses. . . a beautiful specimen of the skull of a chelonian from the Portland sandstone: OUM JI582
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