Near Weymouth (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 7.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in <1822

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: W. D. Conybeare. 1822. Additional notices on the fossil genera Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 1:103-123 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119666: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 30.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
"Plesiosaurus recentior n. sp." = Pliosaurus brachyspondylus1, Pliosaurus gamma n. sp.2
"Plesiosaurus recentior n. sp." = Pliosaurus brachyspondylus1 Owen 1840 plesiosaur
BRSMG vertebrae (destroyed)
Pliosaurus gamma n. sp.2 Phillips 1871 plesiosaur
two cervical centra, including OUMNH J.10455 (lectotype cervical vertebra) retained in Pliosaurus gamma by Tarlo (1960)