Where: England, United Kingdom (51.8° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 8.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1800-1900; reposited in the OUM
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: R. Owen. 1840. Report on British fossil reptiles. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 8:43-126 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74931: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.09.2007, edited by Roger Benson and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pliosaurus brachydeirus2 Owen 1841 plesiosaur A tooth six and a half inches in length (p. 284); plus an ischium and various other bones (Phillips 1871, p. 348-354)
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Plesiosaurus grandis Owen 1840 plesiosaur | |
Teleosaurus asthenodeirus n. sp.3
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