Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 9.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cornbrash Formation (Great Oolite Group), Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)
• lower part of formation; probably reworked from underlying top of the Forest Marble Formation; Clydoniceras discus Subzone of Clydoniceras discus Zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1910
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: F. v. Huene. 1910. Über den ältesten Rest von Omosaurus (Dacentrurus) im englischen Dogger [On the oldest remains of Omosaurus (Dacentrurus) from the English Dogger]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1910(1):75-78 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45930: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.12.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Omosaurus vetustus n. sp." = Eoplophysis vetustus
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Bivalvia | |
Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819 scallop |