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Durlston Bay, Swanage, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 50.6025,-1.95167 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | England |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Swanage, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Durlston Bay, beach near Zigzag path | Milner A. R. (2004) | Purbeck | not reported | 145 - 139.8 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Dorsetochelys typocardium species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Pleurosternidae : Dorsetochelys : Dorsetochelys typocardium | 145 - 139.8 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
References
Milner A. R. (2004) The turtles of the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England, Palaeontology 47 6, 1441-1467 doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00418.x |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!