Where: England, United Kingdom (51.7° N, 0.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 1.7° 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

Collected by D. Saward; reposited in the BMNH

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 81055: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.05.2008

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