Where: Denmark (55.6° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 5.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lillebaelt Clay Formation, Early/Lower Eocene to Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 37.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: H.-V. Karl and B. E. K. Lindow. 2010. Eocene leatherback turtle material of the genus Egyptemys (Testudines: Dermochelyidae) from Denmark. Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 46(1):55-63 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 167718: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 29.03.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Egyptemys aff. eocaenus Andrews 1901 leatherback |