Quest Pit, east of Stewartby (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Marmornectes type locality

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.1° N, 0.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sigaloceras enodatum ammonoid zone, Peterborough Member (Oxford Clay Formation), Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Mr C. Andrew, Mr M. Evans and Mr A. Garbutt in 1998

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical

• Bedford Museum, Bedford, UK

Primary reference: H. F. Ketchum and R. B. J. Benson. 2011. A new pliosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Oxford CLay Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) of England: evidence for a gracile, longirostrine grade of Early-Middle Jurassic pliosaurids. Special Papers in Palaeontology 86:109-129 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118199: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 08.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Marmornectes candrewi n. gen. n. sp.
Marmornectes candrewi n. gen. n. sp. Ketchum and Benson 2011 plesiosaur
BEDFM 1999.201 (holotype partial skeleton)