Where: England, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 0.0° W: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 2.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chalk Group, Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Henry Catt in <1850
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: H. P. Street and M. W. Caldwell. 2014. Reassessment of Turonian Mosasaur Material from the 'Middle Chalk' (England, U.K.), and the Status of Mosasaurus Gracilis Owen, 1849 . 34(5):1072-1079 [M. Uhen/C. Ruken]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137419: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 17.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Mosasaurus gracilis n. sp.
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