Where: England, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 10.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Grinstead Clay Member (Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation), Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)
• 'Tilgate Grit' (= Grinstead Clay). 'Hastings Beds' now a subgroup that includes the Ashdown Formation, the Wadhurst Clay Formation and the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. Lee, Esq. in 1884; reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
Primary reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia 1-239 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123856: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 01.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Compsemys bakewelli" = Helochelydra bakewelli
"Compsemys bakewelli" = Helochelydra bakewelli Mantell 1833 turtle NHMUK R658 (partial left hyoplastron); and additional specimens listed by Joyce et al. 2011: NHMUK R644 (peripheral fragment); NHMUK 39213 (four isolated shell fragments)
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