Sheppey (Saward collection) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 0.9° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 1.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: London Clay Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. Saward

Primary reference: D. Tshudy and J. Saward. 2012. Dinochelus steeplensis, a new species of clawed lobster (Nephropidae) from the London Clay (Eocene) of England. Journal of Crustacean Biology 32(1):67-79 [M. Clapham/J. Fearon/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 186808: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2017

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Dinochelus steeplensis Tshudy and Saward 2012 clawed lobster