Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.4° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: mechanical,
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 141828: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 01.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Pliosaurus brachydirus" = Pliosaurus brachydeirus
"Pliosaurus brachydirus" = Pliosaurus brachydeirus Owen 1841 plesiosaur BMNH R.38, anterior extremity of a cranium, purchased 1880
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