Also known as Ichthyosaurus brunsvicensis type locality
Where: Lower Saxony, Germany (55.4° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 46.5° N, 17.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Neocomian (145.0 - 125.8 Ma)
• Upper ‘Neocomian’
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: V. Fischer, M. W. Maisch, D. Naish, R. Kosma, J. Liston, U. Joger, F. J. Krüger, J. Pardo Pérez, J. Tainsh and R. M. Appleby. 2012. New ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous demonstrate extensive ichthyosaur survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary. PLoS One 7(1):e29234 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122655: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 04.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ichthyosaurus brunsvicensis n. sp.
Ichthyosaurus brunsvicensis n. sp. Broili 1909 ichthyosaur Material includes an incomplete basicranium (basisphenoid, basioccipital, the right opisthotic, the right stapes, the right quadrate, and both parietals) and an incomplete interclavicle. This material probably belongs to a juvenile individual; referred to cf. Acamptonectes by Fischer et al. (2012)
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