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
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
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"Chelone planimentum n. sp." = Erquelinnesia planimenta4, "Chelone crassicostata n. sp." = Puppigerus crassicostata2, "Neurochelys harvicensis n. sp." = Chelonia harvicensis3
"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)
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