Westbury-on-Severn (BRSMG collection): Rhaetian, United Kingdom
collected by J.C. Pearce

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae
1 specimen
BRSMG Cd 1387
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51.8° North, 2.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° North, 8.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:14 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 4
Key time interval: Rhaetian
Age range of interval: 205.7 - 201.4 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
Collectors:J.C. Pearce
Collection method comments: Repository: Bristol Museum & Art Gallery (BRSMG)
Metadata
Database number:187761
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2017-08-10 23:43:14 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2017-08-10 23:43:14
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
63023. R. S. Kelly, A. J. Ross, and P. Davidson. 2017. Mesozoic Holcoptera (Coleoptera: Coptoclavidae) from England and the United States. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 128:659-674 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]