Kimmeridge Bay (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Kimmeridge Bay sauropod

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 8.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aulacostephanus autissiodorensis ammonoid zone, Lower Member (Kimmeridge Clay Formation), Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• autissiodorensis Zone; "Dorset succession"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by S. Etches

Primary reference: P. M. Barrett, R. B. J. Benson, and P. Upchurch. 2010. Dinosaurs of Dorset: Part II, the sauropod dinosaurs (Saurischia, Sauropoda) with additional comments of the theropods. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 131:113-126 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 118950: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.10.2011, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Torvoneustes "sp. SEC K1707" Andrade et al. 2010 marine crocodile
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod
Etches Coll. K1743; right humerus (to be described)