Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 3.7° W: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 6.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bovey Tracey Lignite Formation, Rupelian to Rupelian (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; poorly lithified, silty, sandy lignite

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: adpression, original carbon, replaced with pyrite

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,

Primary reference: M. E. J. Chandler. 1957. The Oligocene Flora of the Bovey Tracey Lake Basin, Devonshire. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 3(3):71-123 [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27665: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 17.12.2002, edited by Julia Fosdick

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