Thorness Bay, Bembridge Marls (Portsmouth coll) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: Isle of Wight, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 5.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bembridge Marls Member (Bouldnor Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• "insect beds"

•Upper part of 13r chron just above 1n interval

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous lime mudstone

• The Bembridge Marls were deposited in fresh-brackish water lakes and lagoons

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by M. Barker

• Repository: Department of Geology, University of Portsmouth

Primary reference: A. Nel and E. A. Jarzembowski. 1999. Fossil damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) from the late Upper Eocene of southern England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 110:193-201 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157667: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.06.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Corduliidae
Corduliidae "indet. A"
Corduliidae "indet. A" Selys-Longchamps 1850 green-eyed skimmer
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