Broughton-Gifford (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.4° N, 2.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 7.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

• "No history" for specimen

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 141868: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 02.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
"Peloneustes aequalis" = Pliosaurus aequalis
"Peloneustes aequalis" = Pliosaurus aequalis Phillips 1871 plesiosaur
BMNH R.1255, a left femur