Stone Ridge, near the Harwich harbour (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: United Kingdom (51.9° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 1.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• It was imbedded in a cement stone (belonging to the London Clay stratum

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• It was imbedded in a cement stone (belonging to the London Clay stratum)

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected in 1927

• Presented to The Norfolk and Norwich Museum, by the Rev. J. H. Bloom, of Wells, now of Eaton Villa, near Norwich

Primary reference: S. Woodward. 1830. A synoptical table of British Organic Remains. 1-50 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167275: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 10.03.2015, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
Owenemys testudiniformis1 Owen 1842 turtle
BMNH R4102
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
"Chelone planimentum n. sp." = Erquelinnesia planimenta4, "Chelone crassicostata n. sp." = Puppigerus crassicostata2, "Neurochelys harvicensis n. sp." = Chelonia harvicensis3
"Chelone planimentum n. sp." = Erquelinnesia planimenta4 Owen 1841 sea turtle
"Chelone crassicostata n. sp." = Puppigerus crassicostata2 Owen 1849 sea turtle
PV R 912 carapace
"Neurochelys harvicensis n. sp." = Chelonia harvicensis3 Woodward 1830 green sea turtle
NM 190-27-1217 (holotype), poorly preserved carapace with some limb and girdle bones within a nodule (Norwich Museum, Norfolk)