Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 7.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Purbeck Group, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Charles Willcox, Esq., M.R.C.S in 1853; reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),
• DORCM, Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, UK
Primary reference: R. Owen. 1853. Part I. A monograph on the fossil chelonian reptiles of the Wealden clays and Purbeck limestones. Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Palaeontographical Society 7(25):1-12 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127481: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 15.05.2012, edited by Jered Karr and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Libellulium kaupii n. sp.6
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"Elcana beyrichi n. sp." = Panorpidium beyrichi1
"Elcana beyrichi n. sp." = Panorpidium beyrichi1 Giebel 1856 grasshopper Panorpidium tessellatum var. in Pl 17, fig 12
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"Rithma antiqua n. sp." = Durdlestoneia antiqua1
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"Blatta ungeri n. sp." = Diechoblattina ungeri1
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Raphidium brephos n. sp.6
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"Gryllidium oweni n. sp." = Chresmoda oweni6
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Cyllonium boisduvalianum n. sp.6
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"Lygaeites furcatus n. sp." = Scylacocoris furcatus1, "Cimicidium dallasii n. gen. n. sp." = Cimicidium dallasi6
"Lygaeites furcatus n. sp." = Scylacocoris furcatus1 Giebel 1856 true bug Cimicideous in Pl 17, fig 14
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"Harpalus burmeisteri n. sp." = Harpalomimes burmeisteri1
"Harpalus burmeisteri n. sp." = Harpalomimes burmeisteri1 Giebel 1856 ground beetle "Elytra, united" in Pl 14, fig 14
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"Harpalidium nothrus n. sp." = Ironicus nothrus6, Tentyridium peleus n. gen. n. sp.6, "Buprestium bolbus n. sp." = Kelidus bolbus6, ? Helopidium rugosum n. sp.2, Telephorium abgarus n. sp.6, "Crypticus ungeri n. sp." = Prosthenostictus ungeri1, Harpalidium anactus n. sp.6, ? Semiglobus chrysomelinus n. sp.2, "Buprestium teleas n. sp." = Parabuprestium teleas6, ? Pantodapus westwoodi n. sp.2
"Crypticus ungeri n. sp." = Prosthenostictus ungeri1 Giebel 1856 beetle Elytra, united in Pl 14, fig 15
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Libellulium agrias n. sp.6
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"Cymatophlebiopsis pseudobubas n. gen. n. sp." = Aeschnopsis perampla3
"Cymatophlebiopsis pseudobubas n. gen. n. sp." = Aeschnopsis perampla3 Brodie 1845 true dragonfly NHM I 3950 (Dragon-fly in Pl 15, fig 5)
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"Corethrium pertinax n. sp." = Limonia pertinax6
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Malacostraca | |
Archaeoniscus edwardsii n. sp.6
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Reptilia | |
"Pleurosternum bullocki" = Pleurosternon bullockii5, "Pleurosternon emarginatum n. sp." = Pleurosternon bullockii, "Pleurosternon ovatum n. sp." = Pleurosternon bullockii
"Pleurosternum bullocki" = Pleurosternon bullockii5 Owen 1842 turtle BMNH 28619 (posterior part of a carapace)
"Pleurosternon emarginatum n. sp." = Pleurosternon bullockii Owen 1842 turtle Includes DORCM G.16, holotype: internal face of the carapace with some imprints of the dorsal surface where bone has exfoliated
"Pleurosternon ovatum n. sp." = Pleurosternon bullockii Owen 1842 turtle Includes BMNH 28618, holotype carapace
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"Pleurosternon latiscutatum n. sp." = Hylaeochelys latiscutata
"Pleurosternon latiscutatum n. sp." = Hylaeochelys latiscutata Owen 1853 turtle Includes DORCM G.20, holotype carapace
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