Where: England, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 0.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 1.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: London Clay Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• MP8 + 9, NP12 (from Smith & Smith, 2003)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Owen. 1841. Description of the remains of six species of marine turtles (Chelones) from the London Clay of Sheppy and Harwich. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3 part 2(83):565-578 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 167274: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 10.03.2015, edited by Matthew Carrano, Evangelos Vlachos and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Platemys bowerbankii n. sp." = Palemys bowerbankii5, "Emys conybearii n. sp." = Palemys bowerbankii7, "Emys delabechii n. sp." = Palemys bowerbankii8, "Emys laevis n. sp." = Palemys bowerbankii8
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Homopus comptoni n. sp.4
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"Chelone antiqua n. sp." = Argillochelys antiqua3, "Chelone cuneiceps n. sp." = Argillochelys cuneiceps6, "Chelone convexa n. sp." = Argillochelys convexa, "Chelone subcristata n. sp." = Argillochelys subcristata
"Chelone convexa n. sp." = Argillochelys convexa Owen 1841 turtle
"Chelone subcristata n. sp." = Argillochelys subcristata Owen 1841 turtle | |
"Chelone longiceps n. sp." = Puppigerus camperi, "Emys parkinsonii n. sp." = Puppigerus camperi2, "Chelone latiscutata n. sp." = Puppigerus crassicostata, "Chelone breviceps n. sp." = Puppigerus breviceps
"Chelone longiceps n. sp." = Puppigerus camperi Gray 1831 sea turtle
"Chelone latiscutata n. sp." = Puppigerus crassicostata Owen 1849 sea turtle considerable portion of the bony cuirass of a young turtle from Sheppey, three inches in length, including the 2nd to the 7th vertebral plates, with the expanded parts of the carapace
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"Chelone gigas n. sp." = Eosphargis gigas1
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