Warden Point (Bowerbank collection): Ypresian, United Kingdom
collected by Bowerbank

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Apodiformes
Primapus lacki Harrison and Walker 1975
Harrison and Walker 1977
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Glareolidae
Precursor parvus Harrison and Walker 1977
Harrison and Walker 1977
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Chrysemys sculptata n. sp. de Stefano 1902
de Stefano 1902
Reptilia - Testudines
Emys testudiniformis n. sp. Owen 1842
recombined as Owenemys testudiniformis
BMNH 39767
Emys bicarinata n. sp. Owen and Bell 1849
Hervet 2004
synonym of Owenemys testudiniformis
BMNH 39450
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Lytoloma crassicostatum (Owen 1849)
Lydekker 1889
recombined as Puppigerus crassicostata
BMNH 38954 and others
Reptilia - Testudines
Platemys bowerbankii n. sp. Owen 1842
recombined as Palemys bowerbankii
Angiospermae - Arecaceae
Corypha wilkinsoni n. sp. Chandler 1978
Chandler 1978
Palmospermum jenkinsi Reid and Chandler 1933
Chandler 1978
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Kent
Coordinates: 51.4° North, 0.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.9° North, 1.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian Mammal zone: MP 8+9
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:London Clay Member:division D-E
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collectors:Bowerbank
Metadata
Also known as:Sheppey
Database number:178051
Authorizer:D. Nicholson, M. Carrano, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen Enterer:D. Nicholson, M. Carrano, M. Uhen, E. Vlachos
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-04-15 10:03:34 Last modified:2018-12-12 11:02:13
Access level:the public Released:2016-04-15 10:03:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
14071.ETE R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

72388 M. E. J. Chandler. 1978. Supplement to the Lower Tertiary floras of Southern England Part 5. Tertiary Research Special Paper 4:1-47 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
72630 G. de Stefano. 1902. Cheloniani fossili cenozoici. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana 21:263-304 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
74648 C. J. O. Harrison and C. A. Walker. 1977. Birds of the British Lower Eocene. Tertiary Research Group 3:1-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
58591 S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]
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]
64256 R. Owen and T. Bell. 1849. Part I: Chelonia. In R. Owen, T. Bell (eds.), Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the London Clay and of the Bracklesham and other Tertiary beds 1-76 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
66509 A. Pérez-García. 2018. New insights on the only bothremydid turtle (Pleurodira) identified in the British record: Palemys bowerbankii new combination. Palaeontologia Electronica 21(2):28A:1-12 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion]