Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (BMNH collection): Late/Upper Berriasian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Diptera
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Pleciomyia pachygaster n. gen., n. sp.
Handlirsch 1939
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Handlirsch 1939 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Prohousea pachygaster | ||||||||||
| BMNH I.244 (coll. Mrs. Burnett, 1882) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Orthoptera
- Prophalangopsidae
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Procyrtophyllites britannicus n. gen., n. sp.
Zeuner 1935
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH I. 19064 (coll. S.H. Beckles) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Odonata
- Aeschnidiidae
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Aeschnidium bubas
Westwood 1854
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Fleck and Nel 2003 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
| BMNH I. 12281, 12292, 12293, 12294, 12516, 12529, 12537, 20568, 20572 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
| 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/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Berriasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Berriasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 140.60000 - 139.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Durlston |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 153649 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham, J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2014-01-05 13:29:48 | Last modified: | 2018-11-15 15:43:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-01-05 13:29:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 51706. | F. E. Zeuner. 1935. The Recent and fossil Prophalangopsidae (Saltatoria). Stylops 4:102-108 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 35493 | G. Fleck and A. Nel. 2003. Revision of the Mesozoic family Aeschnidiidae (Odonata: Anisoptera). Zoologica 153:1-170 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] | |
| 35008 | A. V. Gorochov, E. A. Jarzembowski, and R. A. Coram. 2006. Grasshoppers and crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England. Cretaceous Research 27:641-662 [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] |