Kington: Early/Lower Jurassic, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ichthyosauridae
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Ichthyosaurus chirostrongulostinus
Hawkins 1834
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris | ||||||||||
| partial skeleton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Herefordshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.2° North, 3.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.1° North, 5.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Jurassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 174.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Lias" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 153786 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-01-14 17:25:16 | Last modified: | 2014-01-14 17:25:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-01-14 17:25:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 49835. | T. Hawkins. 1834. Memoirs of Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri, Extinct Monsters of the Ancient Earth vi-51 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |