Where: United Kingdom (51.5° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 2.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with pyrite

Reposited in the BMNH

• Repository: Sowerby collection, now at BMNH

Primary reference: J. Sowerby. 1812. No. I of the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain 1:9-16 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165974: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.02.2015

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