Also known as Whittlesey
Where: England, United Kingdom (52.6° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 9.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Peterborough Member (Oxford Clay Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, 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: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 141861: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 02.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Peloneustes philarchus, "Pliosaurus ferox" = Liopleurodon ferox
"Pliosaurus ferox" = Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage 1873 plesiosaur BMNH 47429, posterior cervical centrum, purchased 1876
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