Warden Point (Bowerbank collection) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Sheppey

Where: England, 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: MP 8+9 mammal zone, division D-E Member (London Clay Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Bowerbank; reposited in the BMNH

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 178051: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 15.04.2016, edited by Matthew Carrano, Mark Uhen and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Apodiformes -
Primapus lacki3 Harrison and Walker 1975 swift
 Charadriiformes - Glareolidae
Precursor parvus3 Harrison and Walker 1977 shorebird
Reptilia
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
"Platemys bowerbankii n. sp." = Palemys bowerbankii
"Platemys bowerbankii n. sp." = Palemys bowerbankii Owen 1842 sideneck turtle
 Testudines - Emydidae
Chrysemys sculptata n. sp.2 de Stefano 1902 painted turtle
 Testudines -
"Emys testudiniformis n. sp." = Owenemys testudiniformis, "Emys bicarinata n. sp." = Owenemys testudiniformis4
"Emys testudiniformis n. sp." = Owenemys testudiniformis Owen 1842 turtle
BMNH 39767
"Emys bicarinata n. sp." = Owenemys testudiniformis4 Owen 1842 turtle
BMNH 39450
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
"Lytoloma crassicostatum" = Puppigerus crassicostata5
"Lytoloma crassicostatum" = Puppigerus crassicostata5 Owen 1849 sea turtle
BMNH 38954 and others
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmospermum jenkinsi1 Reid and Chandler 1933 palm
Corypha wilkinsoni n. sp.1 Chandler 1978 palm