Ilminster ichthyosaur (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 8.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lias Group, Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)

• "Upper Lias"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. McGowan. 1978. Further evidence for the wide geographical distribution of ichthyosaur taxa (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria). Journal of Paleontology 52(5):1155-1162 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 102274: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 12.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria -
Stenopterygius hauffianus von Huene 1922 ichthyosaur