Ilminster, Kimmeridge Clay (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 7.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

• Presented by Sir R. Owen, K.C.B.

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 141856: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 02.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Pliosaurus macromerus Phillips 1871 plesiosaur
BMNH 40406, dorsal centrum presented by Sir R. Owen, K.C.B.