Okus Quarry, Swindon (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.6° N, 1.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 8.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Portland Stone Formation (Portland Group), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• "oolite" and "stone" levels

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. B. Delair. 1993. Reptilia from the Portland Stone (Upper Jurassic) of England: a preliminary survey of the material and the literature. Modern Geology 18:331-348 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 93105: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyopterygia -
? Macropterygius sp. Huene 1922 diapsid
centra (SwM), humerus (CRYNH)
 Sauria -
Sauria indet. diapsid
fragment (CRYNH)
 Dinosauria -
? Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842 dinosaur
rib fragments (CRYNH)
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Pliosaurus sp. Owen 1841 plesiosaur
femur (OUM)
 Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae
Colymbosaurus sp. Seeley 1874 plesiosaur
humerus (SwM)
 Plesiosauria -
"Plesiosaurus" sp. de la Beche and Conybeare 1821 plesiosaur
centra (SwM)