Reading (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.5° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 8.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lulworth Formation (Purbeck Group), Middle Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: G. Fleck and A. Nel. 2003. Revision of the Mesozoic family Aeschnidiidae (Odonata: Anisoptera). Zoologica 153:1-170 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106401: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 14.03.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Specimen at Maidstone Museum
Insecta
 Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Delclosaeschidium magnum n. gen. n. sp. Fleck and Nel 2003 small darner
MNEMG A 74
Aeschnidium bubas n. gen. Westwood 1854 small darner
MNEMG A 75 (neotype)