Genus: Pleurosternon OWEN, 1853
Etymology:
= Mesochelys EVANS & KEMP, 1975
Etymology:
Species: bullocki (OWEN, 1842)
Etymology:
= Platemys bullocki OWEN, 1842
= Digerrhum bullocki (OWEN, 1842) COPE, 1870
= Pleurosternum bullocki (OWEN, 1842) LYDEKKER, 1889
Holotype: BMNH R911
Locality: Durlston Bay, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon: Purbeck Limestone Group, Portland stone-Upper Purbeck Beds.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Portlandian, Uppermost Tithonian Stage, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic- Berriasian Stage, Lowermost Neocomian Substage, Lowermost Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material:
Referred material:
MILNER, 2004
BMNH 28433: Plastron.
BMNH R1524: Plastron.
BMNH R3413: Complete carapace.
BMNH 21351, 24298 (internal), 35574, 38733, 43621, R1891, R5486: Carapaces.
BMNH R1889, R3727: Complete shells.
BMNH 35772, 40646, R4317: Several plates.
BMNH R 6868 (G64), R6869 (G45), R6879 (G46), R6879 (G41), R6880 (G59), R6883 (G31), R6687 (G37), R6888 (G65), R6891 (G32), R6895 (G33), R6897 (G36), R6912 (G35), R6913 (G170):
BGS 58053: Partial carapace.
BGS 92123-6: A carapace.
BMB 001795-1717 (Willett Collection), CAMSM J5330-5331, CAMSM J5333-5336, DORCM G 15, DORCM G179, DORCM G6262, one uncatalogued: Carapces.
GLAHM V.914: Scute.
MANCH L9521, L11346, OUM J13793: Partial carapace lacking most marginals.
OUM J13794: Partial carapace (internal).
OUM J13797: Plastron (internal).
YPM-PU 3363: Large carapace.
YPM-PU 3364: Carapace lacking most marginals.
Locality: Durlston Bay Cinder Bed (DB 111), Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Purbeck, Uppermost Tithonian, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
BMB 001790: A right hypoplastron.
Locality: Beckles' 'Mammal Pit', Swanage, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Purbeck, Uppermost Tithonian, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
BMNH 48262: Carapace and plastron of a juvenile.
Note: Figured by LYDEKKER, 1889BMNH 48263: carapace of a juvenile.
BMNH 48263a, c, e: 3 carapaces of a juveniles.
BMNH 48264: Interior of carapace of a juvenile.
BMNH 48343-48344: Plastra of a juveniles.
BMNH 48347: Partial plastron of a juvenile.
BMNH 48353-48354: Carapaces of a juveniles.
Note: LAPPARENT DE BROIN & MURELAGA, 1999 suggest some may belong to a new genus of small pleurosternid.
SAUVAGE, 1894
Locality: Boulannais, France.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Portlandian, Uppermost Tithonian, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
Number: Not given:
= Pleurosternon emarginatum OWEN, 1853 (partim, syntype)
Locality: Durlston Bay, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon: Purbeck Limestone Group, Portland stone-Upper Purbeck Beds.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Portlandian, Uppermost Tithonian Stage, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic- Berriasian Stage, Lowermost Neocomian Substage, Lowermost Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material:
BMNH 46317: Carapace and plastron.
= Pleurosternon concinnum OWEN, 1853
Etymology:
= Pleurosternon concinna (OWEN, 1853) MAACK, 1869Holotype: DORCM G.17 (old Private collection of William Dunnington)
Locality: Devizes, Somerset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Purbeck, Uppermost Tithonian, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Juvenile carapace and plastron.
= Pleurosternon ovatum OWEN, 1853
Etymology:
= Platemys ovata (OWEN, 1853) MAACK, 1869Holotype: BMNH 28618
Locality: Swanage, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Purbeck, Uppermost Tithonian, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Shell.
= Pleurosternon owenii SEELEY, 1869
Etymology:Holotype: CAMSM J5328 (Seeley No. 3) (old Woodwardian Museum)
Locality: Swanage, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Purbeck, Uppermost Tithonian, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Carapace.
= Pleurosternon sedgwicki SEELEY, 1869
Etymology:Holotype: CAMSM 35326 (Seeley No. 1) (old Woodwardian Museum)
Locality: Swanage, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Purbeck, Uppermost Tithonian, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Carapace.
= Pleurosternon vansittarti SEELEY, 1869
Etymology:Holotype: CAMSM J5327 (Seeley No. 2) (old Woodwardian Museum)
Locality: Swanage, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Purbeck, Uppermost Tithonian, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Carapace.
= Glyptops ruetimeyeri (LYDEKKER) WATSON, 1910 (partim) (non LYDEKKER, 1889)
Locality: A quarry 2 miles (1.3 km) west of Swange, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon: Middle Purbeck Cap/Feather Bed.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Purbeck, Uppermost Tithonian, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
MANCH L9520: Carapace with marginals and plastron.
= Pleurosternon portlandicum LYDEKKER, 1889
Etymology:Holotype: NHM UK OR (old BMNH) 44807
Locality: Isle of Portland, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon: ‘Stone’, Portland stone.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Portlandian, Uppermost Tithonian, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Skull.
Referred material:
ROYO & GOMEZ, 1927
Locality: Benagber, Valence Province, Spain.
Horizon: Wealden Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early Cretaceous.
Material:
Number: Not given:
= Hylaeochelys sp DELAIR, 1958
Locality: Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Purbeck, Uppermost Tithonian, Uppermost Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material:
BMNH R6986 (G34):
= Mesochelys durlstonensis EVANS & KEMP, 1975
Etymology:Holotype: Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, UMZC (CAMMZ) T 1041
Locality: Durlston Bay, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon: Possibly Durlston Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Purbeckian, Berriasian Stage, Neocomian Subepoch, Lowermost Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material: Skull and partial postcranial skeleton.