Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 1.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Walton Member (London Clay Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Walton Member of the London Clay Formation (previously Division A2); said to be "lower Ypresian"
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by M. Daniels in 1986
• National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh
Primary reference: G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener. 2022. New fossils from the London Clay show that the Eocene Masillaraptoridae are stem group representatives of falcons (Aves, Falconiformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2083515 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 227361: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.10.2022, edited by Philip Mannion and Katrin Eckardt
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Waltonortyx bumbanipodiides n. gen. n. sp.6
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? Paraortygoides argillae n. sp.6
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Psittacomimus eos n. gen. n. sp.3
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Sororavis solitarius n. gen. n. sp.5
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Danielsavis nazensis n. gen. n. sp.1
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Eotrogon stenorhynchus n. gen. n. sp.2
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Danielsraptor phorusrhacoides n. gen. n. sp.
Danielsraptor phorusrhacoides n. gen. n. sp. Mayr and Kitchener 2022 raptor NMS.Z.2021.40.12, holotype
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