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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Thaumatosaurus propinquus" = Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus
"Thaumatosaurus propinquus" = Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus Phillips 1854 plesiosaur BMNH 16059, juvenile and rolled dorsal vertebra
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