Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 7.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lulworth Formation (Purbeck Group), Early/Lower Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery
Primary reference: R. A. Coram and E. A. Jarzembowski. 1999. New fossil flies (Insecta: Diptera) from the Purbeck Limestone Group (Lower Cretaceous, Berriasian) of Dorset, UK. Cretaceous Research 20:853-861 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122402: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 23.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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