Bitton, near Bristol: Hettangian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian, United Kingdom
collected 1830
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosauria indet.
de Blainville 1835
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Swinton 1948 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| BRSMG Cb 2337 (now destroyed; Plesiosaurus "brachycephalus") | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Rhomaleosauridae
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Plesiosaurus arcuatus
Owen 1840
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Delair 1960 | |||||||||
| recombined as Eurycleidus arcuatus | ||||||||||
| First reported by Owen (1839, pp. 75-77) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosaurus brachycephalus n. sp.
Owen 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Plesiosaurus macrocephalus | ||||||||||
| BRSMG Cb 2336 (now destroyed; holotype) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | Gloucestershire |
| Coordinates: | 51.4° North, 2.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.2° North, 4.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Key time interval: | Hettangian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Lias | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 'Lias at Bitton, Gloucestershire in 1830' | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1830 |
| Collection method comments: Bristol City Museum collection (now destroyed) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 119084 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-10-20 19:42:14 | Last modified: | 2013-07-31 11:23:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-20 19:42:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34651. | R. Owen. 1840. Report on British fossil reptiles. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 8:43-126 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 31216 | ETE | 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] |
| 38371 | W. E. Swinton. 1948. Plesiosaurs in the City Museum, Bristol. Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists Society 27:343-360 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |