Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 7.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Worbarrow Tout Member (Lulworth Formation), Middle Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by S. H. Beckles in the 1800s; reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: S. E. Evans and B. Searle. 2002. Lepidosaurian reptiles from the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England. In A. R. Milner, D. J. Batten (eds.), Life and Environments in Purbeck Times. Special Papers in Palaeontology 68:145-149 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118383: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 13.10.2011
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Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Saurillus obtusus n. gen. n. sp.
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