Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Fisher SM collection) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 7.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Durlston Formation, Late/Upper Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collected by Fisher; reposited in the SM

Primary reference: G. Fleck and A. Nel. 2003. Revision of the Mesozoic family Aeschnidiidae (Odonata: Anisoptera). Zoologica 153:1-170 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153650: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.01.2014

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Euthemistidae
Euthemistidae indet. Pritykina 1968 dragonfly
Fisher coll. 30
 Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Aeschnidium bubas Westwood 1854 small darner