Swanage (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Pholidosaurus laevis type locality

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.0° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 7.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Purbeck Group, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

• Middle Purbeck Beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: S. W. Salisbury. 2002. Crocodilians from the Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian) Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England. Special Papers in Palaeontology 68:121-144 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123316: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 18.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Pholidosauridae
"Pholidosaurus laevis n. sp." = Pholidosaurus purbeckensis
"Pholidosaurus laevis n. sp." = Pholidosaurus purbeckensis Mansel-Pleydell 1888 crocodilian
BMNH R3414 - type (partial skull)