ammonites
Cuckfield turtles (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Tilgate Forest

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.0° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 9.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Grinstead Clay Member (Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation), Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• 'Cuckfield Stone'

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. On certain chelonian remains from the Wealden and Purbeck. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 45:511-518 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123853: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 01.02.2012

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