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