Thrupp Lane Gravel Pit: Kimmeridgian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Thalassemys hugii
Rütimeyer 1873
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1 individual | |||||||||
| OUMNH J.66966 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Oxfordshire | County: | Abingdon |
| Coordinates: | 51.7° North, 1.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.3° North, 8.6° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kimmeridge Clay |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gravel |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179854 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-02 22:25:46 | Last modified: | 2016-07-02 22:25:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-02 22:25:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59669. | A. Pérez-García. 2015. Largest shell of a basal eucryptodiran turtle reveals Late Jurassic Thalassemys hugii in the British record. Comptes Rendus Palevol 14:555-561 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |