Ichthyosaurus campylodon type: Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Ophthalmosauridae
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Ichthyosaurus campylodon n. sp.
Carter 1846
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recombined as Pervushovisaurus campylodon | ||||||||||
SMC B20644 - type | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Cambridgeshire |
Coordinates: | 52.2° North, 0.1° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.6° North, 1.9° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian |
Age range of interval: | 105.30000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Chalk | Formation: | West Melbury Marly Chalk | Member: | Cambridge Greensand |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | salvage,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 143306 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-04-22 22:24:50 | Last modified: | 2014-09-08 15:44:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-22 22:24:50 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
46430. | J. Carter. 1846. On the occurrence of a new species of Ichthyosaurus in the Chalk. London Geological Journal 1:7-9 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |