Westbury (Triassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 2.4° W: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 0.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Westbury Shales Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• European epicontinental seaway

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Brodie in 1859; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1925. The British Liassic Dragonflies. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 1:1-40 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115461: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 02.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Liassophlebiidae
Liassophlebia sp.
Liassophlebia sp. Tillyard 1925 damsel-dragonflies
BMNH I 10665; label on specimen says 1859
 Coleoptera -
Coleopteron sp.
Coleopteron sp. Handlirsch 1906 beetle