Whittlesea, near Peterborough (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Peloneustes philarchus Seeley 1869 plesiosaur
BMNH 47410, a partial hindlimb in plaster
"Pliosaurus ferox" = Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage 1873 plesiosaur
BMNH 47429, posterior cervical centrum, purchased 1876