Lyme Regis (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Dimorphodon holotype

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 2.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 3.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Blue Lias Formation (Lias Group), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 189.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Buckland. 1829. On the discovery of a new species of Pterodactyle in the Lias at Lyme Regis. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 2 3:217-222 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87878: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 27.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria - Dimorphodontidae
"Pterodactylus macronyx n. sp." = Dimorphodon macronyx
"Pterodactylus macronyx n. sp." = Dimorphodon macronyx Buckland 1829 pterosaur
BMNH R 1034 (holotype), semi-complete skeleton lacking skull. BMNH R 1035, skull associated with incomplete badly crushed remains. BMNH 41212, skull and fairly complete postcranial skeleton. GSM 1546, associated partial skeleton. YPM 350, 9175, 9176, 9177, 9178, 9179, 9180, 9181, isolated postcranial material