Bugbrooke, Marlstone (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Bugbrook

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.2° N, 1.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 8.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Marlstone Rock Formation (Lias Group), Pliensbachian to Pliensbachian (190.8 - 174.1 Ma)

• "Marlstone", taken to mean Marlstone Rock Formation

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1840; reposited in the BMNH

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 142108: 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 16059, juvenile and rolled dorsal vertebra