ammonites
Battle turtles (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 0.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 10.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Grinstead Clay Formation (Hastings Group), Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• 'Tilgate Grit' (=Grinstead Clay)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Lee, Esq. in 1884; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)

Primary reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia 1-239 [R. Benson/R. Benson] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123856: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 01.02.2012