Isle of Sheppey Crocodilus spenceri type (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 0.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 1.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: London Clay Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. Buckland in the 1830s; reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: C. A. Brochu. 2007. Systematics and taxonomy of Eocene tomistomine crocodylians from Britain and northern Europe. Palaeontology 50(4):917-928 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143487: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 24.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
"Crocodilus spenceri n. sp." = Kentisuchus spenceri
"Crocodilus spenceri n. sp." = Kentisuchus spenceri Buckland 1836 crocodilian
NHMUK 19633 - type (partial skull)