Westbury: Rhaetian, United Kingdom
collected by Brodie 1859
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
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Coleopteron sp.
Handlirsch 1906
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Handlirsch 1906 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Insecta
- Odonata
- Liassophlebiidae
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Liassophlebia sp.
Tillyard 1925
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BMNH I 10665; label on specimen says 1859 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Gloucestershire |
| Coordinates: | 51.8° North, 2.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.3° North, 0.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 14 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Rhaetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rhaetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Westbury Shales |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported | ||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: European epicontinental seaway | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Brodie | Collection dates: | 1859 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 115461 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-09-02 02:59:33 | Last modified: | 2014-06-21 16:08:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-02 02:59:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37357. | R. J. Tillyard. 1925. The British Liassic Dragonflies. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 1:1-40 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |