Roswell Pit (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)
Also known as Ely
Where: United Kingdom (51.5° N, 3.2° W: paleocoordinates 51.6° N, 3.7° W)
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Boulder-clay, Kimmeridge or Oxford Clay
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: H. Seeley. 1865. On the fossil neck-bones of a whale (Paleocetus sedgwicki) from the neighbourhood of Ely. Geological Magazine 2:54-57 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47464: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.02.2005
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Palaeocetus sedgwicki n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeocetus sedgwicki n. gen. n. sp. Seeley 1865 whale |