Where: England, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 1.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 1.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• 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
Collected by D. Saward
Primary reference: D. Tshudy and J. Saward. 2012. Dinochelus steeplensis, a new species of clawed lobster (Nephropidae) from the London Clay (Eocene) of England. Journal of Crustacean Biology 32(1):67-79 [M. Clapham/J. Fearon/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 179781: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Kristina Okamoto on 30.06.2016, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Dinochelus steeplensis Tshudy and Saward 2012 clawed lobster |