Crick, Upper Lias (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae
"Thaumatosaurus propinquus" = Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus
"Thaumatosaurus propinquus" = Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus Phillips 1854 plesiosaur
BMNH 16046, two cervical vertebrae