Swanage/Purbeck (DORCM/BMNH) [C. Willcox Collection]: Berriasian, United Kingdom
collected by Charles Willcox, Esq., M.R.C.S 1853

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Pleurosternon latiscutatum n. sp. Owen 1853
Includes DORCM G.20, holotype carapace
Reptilia - Pleurosternidae
Pleurosternum bullocki (Owen 1842)
Lydekker 1889
BMNH 28619 (posterior part of a carapace)
Pleurosternon emarginatum n. sp. Owen 1853
Includes DORCM G.16, holotype: internal face of the carapace with some imprints of the dorsal surface where bone has exfoliated
Pleurosternon ovatum n. sp. Owen 1853
Includes BMNH 28618, holotype carapace
Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Corethrium pertinax n. sp. Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
Elytra, united in Pl 14, fig 15 (1 measurement)
    = Crypticus ungeri n. sp. Giebel 1856
Giebel 1856
Telephorium abgarus n. sp. Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
"Elytra, united" in Pl 14, fig 14 (1 measurement)
    = Harpalus burmeisteri n. sp. Giebel 1856
Giebel 1856
Insecta - Coleoptera
Harpalidium nothrus n. sp. Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Buprestium bolbus n. sp. Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Tentyridium peleus n. gen., n. sp. Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Harpalidium anactus n. sp. Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
Elytron? in Pl 17, fig 2 (1 measurement)
    = ? Semiglobus chrysomelinus n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
Elytron in Pl 17, fig 1 (1 measurement)
    = ? Helopidium rugosum n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
Elytron in Pl 14, fig 18 (1 measurement)
    = ? Pantodapus westwoodi n. sp. Handlirsch 1906
Handlirsch 1906
Buprestium teleas n. sp. Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Blattidae informal indet. 1
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
Blattidae in Pl 17, fig 10 (1 measurement)
    = Rithma antiqua n. sp. Giebel 1856
Giebel 1856
Insecta - Blattodea - Poroblattinidae
Blattidae informal indet. 2
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
Blattidae in Pl 17, fig 13 (1 measurement)
    = Blatta ungeri n. sp. Giebel 1856
Giebel 1856
Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Panorpidium tessellatum Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
Panorpidium tessellatum var. in Pl 17, fig 12 (1 measurement)
    = Elcana beyrichi n. sp. Giebel 1856
Giebel 1856
Insecta - Chresmodidae
Gryllidium oweni n. sp. Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Phasmatodea
Raphidium brephos n. sp. Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae
Cyllonium boisduvalianum n. sp. Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
Insecta - Hemiptera
Cimicidium dallasii n. gen., n. sp. Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
Cimicidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
Cimicideous in Pl 17, fig 14
    = Lygaeites furcatus n. sp. Giebel 1856
Giebel 1856
Insecta - Odonata - Mesuropetalidae
Odonata indet. Fabricius 1793
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
NHM I 3950 (Dragon-fly in Pl 15, fig 5) (1 measurement)
    = Cymatophlebiopsis pseudobubas n. gen., n. sp. Handlirsch 1939
Handlirsch 1939
Insecta - Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae
Libellulium agrias n. sp. Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
Insecta - Odonata - Araripelibellulidae
Homoptera indet. Leach 1815
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
Homopterous in Pl 17, fig 11
    = Cretaneophya strevensi Jarzembowski and Nel 1996
Jarzembowski and Nel 1996
Insecta
Libellulium kaupii n. sp. Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
Malacostraca - Isopoda - Archaeoniscidae
Archaeoniscus edwardsii n. sp. Westwood 1854
Westwood 1854 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Dorset
Coordinates: 50.6° North, 2.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.5° North, 7.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Berriasian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 1
Key time interval: Berriasian
Age range of interval: 145 - 139.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Purbeck
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: 'fresh-water limestone'
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collectors:Charles Willcox, Esq., M.R.C.S Collection dates:many years either side of 1853
Collection method comments: DORCM, Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, UK
Metadata
Database number:127481
Authorizer:R. Benson, M. Clapham Enterer:R. Benson, J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology,vertebrate
Created:2012-05-15 21:07:00 Last modified:2016-12-26 17:29:00
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-15 21:07:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
41527. R. Owen. 1853. Part I. A monograph on the fossil chelonian reptiles of the Wealden clays and Purbeck limestones. Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Palaeontographical Society 7(25):1-12 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

47505 C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
35209 A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
37201 A. Handlirsch. 1939. Neue Untersuchungen über die fossilen Insekten mit Ergänzungen und Nachträgen sowie Ausblicken auf phylogenetische, palaeogeographische und allgemein biologische Probleme. II Teil. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 49:1-240 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
35431 E. A. Jarzembowski and A. Nel. 1996. New fossil dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous of SE England and the phylogeny of the superfamily Libelluloidea (Insecta: Odonata). Cretaceous Research 17:67-85 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
41531 R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia 1-239 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen]
41529 R. Lydekker and G. A. Boulenger. 1887. Notes on Chelonia from the Purbeck, Wealden and London-Clay. Geological Magazine 4:270-275 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson]
38253 A. Nel, G. Bechly, E. Jarzembowski and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1998. A revision of the fossil petalurid dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Petalurida). Paleontologia Lombarda 10:1-68 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
49700 J. O. Westwood. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10:378-396 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]