Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 7.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Kimmeridge Clay Formation), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; gray mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Fox in 1882
Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia [M. Carrano/H. Street/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139862: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 19.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Pliosaurus brachydirus" = Pliosaurus brachydeirus
"Pliosaurus brachydirus" = Pliosaurus brachydeirus Owen 1841 plesiosaur BMNH R205, an associated series of centra of lumbar and caudal vertebras
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