Kimmeridge Bay, just west of Freshwater Point and Steps, Encombe (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 7.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. B. Lander Esq.; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: mechanical,

• GSM, Geological Survey Museum, Keyworth, England, United Kingdom

Primary reference: J. B. Delair. 1960. The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part two. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 80:52-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141822: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 01.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosauroidea indet. Welles 1943 plesiosaur
Rib in the Geological Survey Museum