Swindon Recreation Ground: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian, United Kingdom
collected by Mr A. D. Passmore 1905
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiochelyidae
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Tholemys passmorei n. gen., n. sp.
Andrews 1921
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Craspedochelys passmorei | ||||||||||
| Holotype partial skeleton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Wiltshire |
| Coordinates: | 51.6° North, 1.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° North, 8.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 153 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 152.20000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kimmeridge Clay | Member: | Lower | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: At a depth of 12-14 feet in blue Kimmeridge Clay.
Exact horizon unknown, but believed to be Aulacostephanus pseduomutabilis and/or Rasenia mutabilis Zones (now = Aulacostephanus eudoxus and Aulacostephanus mutabilis Zones) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Mr A. D. Passmore | Collection dates: | 1905 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Tholemys passmorei type locality | ||
| Database number: | 138007 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-02 22:28:49 | Last modified: | 2013-01-02 05:30:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-02 22:28:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44125. | C. W. Andrews. 1921. XIII. On a new chelonian from the Kimmeridge Clay of Swindon. Annals And Magazine of Natural History 7:145-153 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |