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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Marmornectes candrewi n. gen. n. sp.
Marmornectes candrewi n. gen. n. sp. Ketchum and Benson 2011 plesiosaur BEDFM 1999.201 (holotype partial skeleton)
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