Where: Moscow, Russian Federation (55.7° N, 37.6° E: paleocoordinates 49.1° N, 40.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Jurassic (163.5 - 145.0 Ma)
• "Portlandian" (Persson 1963)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. O. Persson. 1963. A revision of the classification of the Plesiosauria, with a synopsis of the stratigraphical and geographical distribution of the group. Lunds Universitets Arsskrift N. F. Serie 2 59(1):1-57 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 199783: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 16.02.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Colymbosaurus sclerodirus Bogolubov 1911 plesiosaur |