Where: England, United Kingdom (50.6° N, 2.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Aulacostephanus euxodus to Pectinatites pectinatus ammonoid zone, Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 145.0 Ma)
• The Kimmerdige Clay Formation at Ringstead Bay extends from the upper part of the Aulacostephanus euxodus Zone to the Pectinatites pectinatus zone according to Cox & Gallois (1981). This is Late Kimmeridgian to Early Tithonian (Gradstein et al. 2012).
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Miss C. Ouless in 1912
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: J. B. Delair. 1960. The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part two. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 80:52-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140224: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 05.03.2013, edited by Jonathan Tennant and Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pliosaurus portentificus2 Noè et al. 2004 plesiosaur DORCM G117; small, incomplete and poorly preserved pliosaurian mandible, including a complete mandibular symphysis (260 mm in length) containing eight tooth positions
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Squatina frequens n. sp.3
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"Squatina alifera" = Pseudorhina alifera3
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Protospinax planus n. sp.3
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Synechodus plicatus n. sp.3
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