Near Street, Somerset: Hettangian - Pliensbachian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Leptopterygius tenuirostris
(Conybeare 1822)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris | ||||||||||
| OUM J10305, BMNH R498, WM 527, GTS L/AG/Arch/18, BATGM M3556 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ichthyosauridae
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Ichthyosaurus communis
Conybeare 1821
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McGowan 1974 | |||||||||
| BMNH 2013, 2013a, R44, 14565; SMC J35183, J59575 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Somerset |
| Coordinates: | 51.1° North, 2.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.9° North, 4.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Key time interval: | Hettangian - Pliensbachian | Ammonoid zone: | Psiloceras planorbis |
| Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH,OUM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 98150 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
| Modifier: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-09-21 13:01:14 | Last modified: | 2013-05-06 09:27:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-09-21 13:01:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33929. | C. McGowan. 1989. Leptopterygius tenuirostris and other long-snouted ichthyosaurs from the English Lower Lias. Palaeontology 32(3):409-427 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |
Secondary references:
| 33931 | C. McGowan. 1974. A revision of the latipinnate ichthyosaurs of the Lower Jurassic of England (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria). Life Sciences Contribution Royal Ontario Museum 100:1-30 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano] | |
| 46676 | P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |