Northeast of Glovelier, between Glovelier and Boécourt (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Where: Berne, Switzerland (47.3° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 16.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• "Kimmeridge" (Bram, 1965, pl. 4), Late Jurassic.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

• MH, Natural History Museum, Basel

Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1975. A taxonomic revision of the Jurassic turtles Portlandemys and Plesiochelys. American Museum Novitates 2574:1-19 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137800: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 19.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
Plesiochelys etalloni Pictet and Humbert 1857 turtle
MH 435, skull, jaws, shell, and some appendicular elements [entered as Plesiochelys etallioni]