Cornwell quarry (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Plot

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.9° N, 1.6° W: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 8.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Bajocian to Late/Upper Bajocian (171.6 - 166.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; ooidal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by T. Pennyston in 1677

Collection methods: salvage,

• presented to R. Plot, keeper of Ashmolean Museum in Oxford

Primary reference: R. Brookes. 1763. The Natural History of Waters, Earths, Stones, Fossils, and Minerals, with Their Virtues, Properties, and Medicinal Uses, to Which is Added the Method in Which Linnaeus Has Treated These Subjects. 5:xliii-378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 59715: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.04.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Megalosauridae
? Megalosaurus sp. Parkinson 1822 tetanuran theropod
Plot 1677 (Roman elephant)