Whitby, marine reptiles: Falciferum - Bifrons, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Rhomaleosauridae
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Rhomaleosaurus propinquus
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Benton and Taylor 1984 | |||||||||
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Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni
(Carte and Baily 1863)
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Benton and Taylor 1984 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Pliosauridae
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Rhomaleosaurus longirostris
(Tate and Blake 1876)
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Benton and Taylor 1984 | |||||||||
| recombined as Hauffiosaurus longirostris | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Microcleididae
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Microcleidus macropterus
(Seeley 1865)
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Benton and Taylor 1984 | |||||||||
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Plesiosaurus homalospondylus
Owen 1865
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Benton and Taylor 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Microcleidus homalospondylus | ||||||||||
| YM | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Sthenarosaurus dawkinsi
Watson 1909
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Benton and Taylor 1984 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Steneosaurus brevior n. sp.
Tate and Blake 1876
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Mystriosaurus laurillardi | ||||||||||
| Two skulls, including the type (BMNH 1478) and BMNH 20691, from the 'zone of A serpentinus, Whitby' - Jet Rock series according to Westphal (1962) | ||||||||||
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Teleosaurus chapmanni
Buckland 1836
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Skull from 'zone of A. communis, Whitby' | ||||||||||
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= Steneosaurus brevior
Tate and Blake 1876
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Westphal 1961 | |||||||||
| synonym of Mystriosaurus laurillardi | ||||||||||
| BMNH R756 | ||||||||||
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Teleosaurus eucephalus n. sp.
Seeley 1880
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Westphal 1962 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Mystriosaurus laurillardi | ||||||||||
| Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge | ||||||||||
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Steneosaurus bollensis
(Cuvier 1824)
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Benton and Taylor 1984 | |||||||||
| recombined as Macrospondylus bollensis | ||||||||||
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Steneosaurus gracilirostris n. sp.
Westphal 1961
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Westphal 1961 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Plagiophthalmosuchus gracilirostris | ||||||||||
| BMNH 14792 (holotype), 15500, R757, and a specimen in the Whitby Museum; from the Alum Shale Series | ||||||||||
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Teleosaurus chapmanni n. sp.
Buckland 1836
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Pictet 1853 | |||||||||
| synonym of Plagiophthalmosuchus gracilirostris | ||||||||||
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Pelagosaurus brongniarti
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Benton and Taylor 1984 | |||||||||
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Pelagosaurus typus
Bronn 1841
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Benton and Taylor 1984 | |||||||||
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Temnodontosaurus crassimanus
Blake 1876
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Caine and Benton 2011 | |||||||||
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Temnodontosaurus longirostris
Owen 1881
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Benton and Taylor 1984 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ichthyosauridae
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Leptopterygius acutirostris
(Owen 1840)
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Benton and Taylor 1984 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Ichthyosaurus acutirostris | ||||||||||
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Ichthyosaurus acutirostris n. sp.
Owen 1840
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Owen 1884 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | North Yorkshire |
| Coordinates: | 54.5° North, 0.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.4° North, 9.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Toarcian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Falciferum - Bifrons | ||
| Age range of interval: | 184.20000 - 174.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Alum Shale | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: bifrons and falciferum zones, Alum Shale and Jet Rock Formations | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 90459 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, M. Carrano, A. Dunhill, R. Benson | Enterer: | U. Merkel, M. Carrano, R. Benson, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-07-27 05:28:30 | Last modified: | 2018-01-30 13:42:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-07-27 05:28:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38373. | R. Tate and J. F. Blake. 1876. The Yorkshire Lias 1-475 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 30422 | M. J. Benton and M. A. Taylor. 1984. Marine reptiles from the Upper Lias (Lower Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) of the Yorkshire coast. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 44(4):399-429 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] | |
| 46320 | H. Caine and M. J. Benton. 2011. Ichthyosauria from the Upper Lias of Strawberry Bank, England. Palaeontology 54(5):1069-1093 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 67760 | R. Owen. 1884. A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part III. 1-199 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 29299 | F. -J. Pictet. 1853. Traité de Paléontologie ou Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Fossiles Considérés dans Leurs Rapports Zoologiques et Géologiques [Treatise of Paleontology or the Natural History of Fossil Animals Considered in their Zoological and Geological Relationships] 1:xiv-584 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] | |
| 42759 | F. Westphal. 1961. Zu Systematik der deutschen und englischen Lias-Krokodilier [The systemarics of the German and English Lias crocodiles]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 113(2):207-218 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano] | |
| 42779 | F. Westphal. 1962. Die Krokodilier des Deutschen und Englischen Oberen Lias [The crocodiles of the German and English Upper Lias]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 118(1-3):23-118 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano] |