Also known as Omosaurus phillipsi type
Where: England, United Kingdom (54.2° N, 0.9° W: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 8.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cardioceras densiplicatum ammonoid zone, Malton Oolite Formation (Corallian Group), Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• from between 5 and 10 m above base of Malton Oolite Member, within Cardioceras vertebrale Subzone of Perisphinctes plicatilis Zone (now = Cardioceras densiplicatum Zone). "Coralline Oolite."
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, ooidal, shelly/skeletal, white wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by H. G. Seeley in 1838
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: H. G. Seeley. 1893. On Omosaurus phillipsi. Annual Report of the Council of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society 1892:52-57 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47781: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Omosaurus phillipsi n. gen. n. sp.
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