Brick-field near Montevideo House, Chickerell (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.5° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 7.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kosmoceras jason-Cardioceras cordatum ammonoid zone, Oxford Clay Formation (Ancholme Group), Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: D. S. Brown. 1981. The English Upper Jurassic Plesiosauroidea (Reptilia) and a review of the phylogeny and classification of the Plesiosauria. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 35(4):253-347 [M. Carrano/H. Street/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 98447: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 06.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae
Cryptoclidus richardsoni n. sp. Lydekker 1889 plesiosaur
BMNH R6696 (almost complete postcranial skeleton)