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PV OR 38953

Classification
Scientific name: Allaeochelys delheidi Dollo, 1886
Author: Dollo, 1886
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Carettochelyidae
Genus: Allaeochelys
Species: delheidi
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Tetrapoda; Reptilia; Testudines; Testudines; Carettochelyidae
Location
Locality: Swale, Isle of Sheppey
State province: England
Country: United Kingdom
Continent: Europe
Higher geography: Europe; United Kingdom; England; Kent
Identification
Identified by: Dr Walter G. Joyce
Type status: NON-TYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Allaeochelys delheidi Dollo, 1886
Carettochelyidae Gill, 1889
Pseudotrionyx delheidi Dollo, 1886
Pseudotrionyx
Pseudotrionyx delheidi Dollo, 1886
Erymnochleys
Pelomedusidae Cope, 1868
Pelomedusidae Cope, 1868
Pseudotrionyx delheidi Dollo, 1886
Platemys bowerbanki Owen, 1842
Erymnochelys
Palaeaspis
Platemys bowerbanki Owen, 1842
Specimen
Catalogue number: PV OR 38953
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: ES Reptiles
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:2170469
Donor name: Dr James S. Bowerbank FRS
Catalogue description: Imperfect skull
Stratigraphy
Earliest eon/lowest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Latest eon/highest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Earliest era/lowest erathem: Cenozoic
Latest era/highest erathem: Cenozoic
Earliest period/lowest system: Paleogene
Latest period/highest system: Paleogene
Earliest epoch/lowest series: Eocene
Latest epoch/highest series: Eocene
Group: Thames Group
Formation: London Clay Formation
Chronostratigraphy: Paleogene, early Eocene
Lithostratigraphy: Thames Group, London Clay Formation
Zoology
Barcode: 012838192
Record
Occurrence ID: 48ee8e31-d720-4318-bc5a-3144185cf437
Modified: 2025-07-14T17:33:52+00:00
Created: 1987-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 1987-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Last updated 2025-07-14T17:33:52+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb