Yarmouth (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 5.4° W)

When: MP 20-21 mammal zone, Hamstead Member (Bouldnor Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 177548: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 04.04.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
Cuvierichelys ex gr. parisiensis Gray 1831 turtle
BMNH R 5268, previously identified as Ocadia crassa