Where: England, United Kingdom (52.3° N, 1.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 9.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lias Group, Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)
• "Upper Lias"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1840
Collection methods: mechanical,
• Purchased about 1840
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 142107: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 05.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Thaumatosaurus propinquus" = Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus
"Thaumatosaurus propinquus" = Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus Phillips 1854 plesiosaur BMNH 16046, two cervical vertebrae
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