Wheatley (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.7° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Coral Rag Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Hon. R. Marsham in 1877; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: mechanical,

• Presented by the Hon. R. Marsham, 1877

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 141850: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 02.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Pliosaurus grossouvrei Sauvage 1873 plesiosaur
Teeth: BMNH 47971 and 47971a