Belmesthorpe (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (52.7° N, 0.5° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Great Oolite Formation, Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Primary reference: M. J. Benton and P. S. Spencer. 1995. Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain. Chapman & Hall, London 1-386 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/J. Tennant]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91989: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 26.10.2009

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Teleosauridae
Steneosaurus sp. Saint-Hilaire 1825 marine crocodile
Teleosaurus sp. Geoffroy 1825 marine crocodile
 Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae
Rhamphocephalus sp. Seeley 1880 pterosaur