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, Early/Lower Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)
• Lower Purbeck
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn, E. A. Jarzembowski, and A. J. Ross. 1998. Wasps (Insecta: Vespida = Hymenoptera) from the Purbeck and Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) of southern England and their biostratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental significance. Cretaceous Research 19:329-391 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122915: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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? Pompilopterus difficilis n. sp., Pompilopterus wimbledoni n. sp.
? Pompilopterus difficilis n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Jarzembowski 1998 apoid wasp NHM In.59222 (Worbarrow Tout, coll. Rev. O. Fisher)
Pompilopterus wimbledoni n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Jarzembowski 1998 apoid wasp NHM In.59217 (Worbarrow Tout)
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