Sheppey (Bowerbank collection) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: Kent, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 0.9° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 1.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: London Clay Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: not stated

Primary reference: F. E. Edwards. 1849. A monograph of the Eocene Mollusca, or descriptions of shells from the older Tertiaries of England. Part I. Cephalopoda. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 2:1-56 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165976: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.02.2015, edited by David Nicholson and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Pancheloniidae
"Chelone subcarinata n. sp." = Argillochelys subcristata3
"Chelone subcarinata n. sp." = Argillochelys subcristata3 Owen 1841 turtle
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
"Chelone longiceps" = Puppigerus camperi2, "Chelone breviceps" = Puppigerus breviceps2
"Chelone longiceps" = Puppigerus camperi2 Gray 1831 sea turtle
carapace
"Chelone breviceps" = Puppigerus breviceps2 Owen 1841 sea turtle
carapace, plastron, and the cranium
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
"Nautilus urbanus" = Eutrephoceras urbanum
"Nautilus urbanus" = Eutrephoceras urbanum Sowerby 1843 nautiloid
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Palinuridae
Archaeocarabus bowerbanki1 M'Coy 1849 spiny lobster
 Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Zanthopsis nodosa1 M'Coy 1849 crab
Zanthopsis bispinosa1 M'Coy 1849 crab
 Decapoda - Dromiidae
Basinotopus lamarckii1 Desmarest 1822 crab
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Hoploparia gammaroides1 M'Coy 1849 clawed lobster
Hoploparia belli1 M'Coy 1849 clawed lobster